Exclusive | Hong Kong needs ‘targeted law’ to tackle AI deepfake porn: Bar Association chief
Hong Kong should enact a “targeted law” to tackle the problem of AI-generated deepfake pornography instead of relying on legal tools designed to catch other mischief, the head of the city’s professional body for barristers has said.In an interview with the Post on Thursday, Senior Counsel Jose-Antonio Maurellet, chairman of the Hong Kong Bar Association, also expressed confidence that such legislative efforts could be done “very quickly” if the government had the will to tackle the issue.The legal gaps in regulating the non-consensual creation of images generated by artificial intelligence came under scrutiny last month after a University of Hong Kong (HKU) law student was found to have used AI to generate pornographic images of his classmates and other women, but received only a warning f...