Earlier this year, the leading online pornography site PornHub announced a ban on celebrity “deep fakes.” These are videos in which AI technology is used to place a celebrity likeness seamlessly over existing footage. The site stressed its commitment to the proposition that pornography must be consensual on the part of both makers and consumers,
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ACLU Files Amicus Brief in Defamation Suit Against HBO for Last Week Tonight Episode
By Paul J. Bezilla on
The West Virginia branch of the American Civil Liberties Union recently filed an amicus brief in support of John Oliver, HBO and Time Warner, all of whom have been named as defendants in a defamation lawsuit filed by coal mogul, Robert Murray, over comments made by Oliver on the comedian’s “Last Week Tonight” cable television…