Tech-based abuse and the law

In NSW, image-based abuse is a crime. It is illegal to create or share, or threaten to share, sexually explicit images, videos or audio of someone without their consent. This includes content that has been digitally altered or generated by artificial intelligence (AI) to place a person in a sexual situation they were never in – commonly known as deepfakes.
In NSW, coercive control is a criminal offence, when a person uses abusive behaviours towards a current or former intimate partner with the intention to coerce or control them, including online and through digital devices.

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