Jan 09, 2024 21:00:00

YouTube announces that it will start deleting ``deepfake video that revives murder victims with AI''

YouTube has revised its community guidelines and announced on January 16, 2024 that it will start cracking down on content that realistically reproduces deceased minors and victims of serious violent incidents and narrates the whole story of the incident. .

YouTube policy updates - YouTube Help

https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/10008196

YouTube is cracking down on AI-generated true crime deepfakes - The Verge
https://www.theverge.com/2024/1/8/24030107/youtube-ai-deepfakes-true-crime-victims-minors

This time, YouTube has announced a ban on a movie that uses AI to synthesize the faces and voices of crime victims, especially child victims, to talk about the incident.

For example, in 2023, a video in which the victim of a

case in which two boys who were 10 years old at the time kidnapped a 2-year-old child and then assaulted and killed him went viral on TikTok and became a big issue.

Below is a photo of the victim, James, who died at the age of 2 (left), and a TikTok movie (right) that reproduced it using AI. According to the British daily tabloid The Mirror, which covered the movie, Dennis Fergus, James' mother, expressed strong disgust, saying, ``There is nothing more disgusting than bringing a dead child back to life.'' and asked the creator to delete it.

Many other deepfake videos featuring murdered or missing children have been circulating on TikTok, and TikTok quickly deleted these movies, but they have been reposted on YouTube and can be viewed. It has been pointed out that.

In response to this, YouTube has updated

its policies regarding harassment and cyberbullying , and has announced that it will restrict content that realistically simulates deceased minors and depicts their deaths and violent incidents.

If you violate this policy, your content will be removed from your channel, and based on the 3-strike system , the first strike will restrict you from uploading videos for one week. If the violation occurs again within 90 days, the penalties will be increased, and if no improvements are made, the channel will eventually be deleted.

YouTube has previously caused controversy with videos that use AI to have real singers sing, and the company is making adjustments to release an AI tool for creating videos that use musicians' voices. A policy has been established to clarify such videos.

YouTube announces policy to clearly clarify AI-generated and modified videos, obliges creators to disclose information, and if violated, partner program will be suspended - GIGAZINE