Deepfake porn and covert recordings - is NZ law keeping up with technology?

Is New Zealand’s legal system moving fast enough to adapt to new technologies?

It’s a question being asked by some of our top academics and MPs.

The conversation around covert recordings has made headlines this week – as well as questions around whether it’s illegal.

And Act MP Laura McClure made global headlines after holding up a photo of herself naked in Parliament. It was an AI-generated ‘deepfake’, which McClure said took her only moments to create.

So do our existing laws protect victims from being abused through rapidly developing technology?

First on The Front Page, we discuss that viral deepfake moment with Act’s Laura McClure. Then, on the rise of new techology, University of Canterbury professor of law, Cassandra Mudgway.

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Producer: Ethan Sills

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