Boys sell porn made from girls' stolen school photos - MTR quoted in The Australian
May 23, 2025
Collective Shout co-founder Melinda Tankard Reist, who in partnership with educator Maggie Dent last year surveyed 1000 Australian female teachers about sexual harassment from students, said pornographic “deep fakes” are now being created from school photos.
“AI-enabled nudifying and undressing apps are being weaponised against women and girls,’’ she told The Australian.
“So many girls I speak to are living in a state of terror that this is going to happen to them – it’s as easy as for $2 you can download a program that will enable you to undress and nudify any woman and girl.
“Easily available tools are acting as an accelerant for violence against women because they normalise non-consensual sexual activity and are turning boys into self-appointed porn producers.’’
Ms Tankard Reist said AI can transform innocent images posted on social media, or even official school photos, into pornography.
“It’s beyond just undressing, which is bad enough, but you can turn any woman or girl into a porn genre,’’ she said.
“You can tie her up, make her appear pregnant, turn her into a sexual slave.’’
Ms Tankard Reist said teenagers were selling images to students at other schools.
“It appears to have become an underground trade of buying and selling these images, which is particularly distressing for girls,’’ she said.
“The images are so realistic that sometimes it’s difficult for them to convince others that they didn’t make or send the pictures. And the law isn’t keeping up.“
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