An eye-opening 60 Minutes segment that aired this week highlights the alarming rise of AI-generated nude images and their devastating impact, especially on children. These technologies are being exploited to create explicit, harmful content, making online safety more critical than ever.

• Watch the full segment here on 60 Minutes
• Learn about how AI-Generated child sexual abuse images on InternetSafety101.org
• View our podcast "Big Tech Accountability and the Dirty Dozen List" where Donna Rice Hughes and guest Lina Nealon discuss the psychological and emotional impacts of images created through "nudify" apps and "deepfake" pornography
• Visit internetsafety101.org for additional online safety information and resources

The FBI recently issued a public service alert announcing criminals are exploiting generative AI to commit fraud on a larger scale. Examples of criminals using generative AI include the following:

• AI-Generated Text: Creating voluminous fictitious social media profiles used to trick victims into sending money. 
• AI-Generated Images: Creating pornographic photos of a victim to demand payment in sextortion schemes.
• AI-Generated Audio: Generating short audio clips containing a loved one's voice to impersonate a close relative in a crisis situation, asking for immediate financial assistance or demanding a ransom.
• AI-Generated Video: Creating videos for private communications to "prove" the online contact is a "real person."

See the FBI's complete list of examples and tips to protect yourself here.

On December 3, the U.S. Senate unanimously passed a bipartisan bill cosponsored by Senator Cruz (R-Texas) and Senator Klobuchar (D-MN) stopping AI ‘Revenge Porn’.  The Take It Down Act would criminalize the publication of non-consensual intimate imagery (NCII), including AI-generated NCII (commonly referred to as “deepfake revenge pornography”), and require social media and similar websites to have in place procedures to remove such content within 48 hours of notice from a victim.

This bill, now pending in the House, would bring much-needed justice to survivors and has received widespread support from nearly 90 organizations including EIE, victim advocacy groups, law enforcement, and tech industry leaders.

Friends, there are just a few weeks left in 2024. Thanks to all of you who have supported EIE financially this year. Your funding empowers us to provide essential resources, advocacy, and tools to families nationwide. It enables us to work with lawmakers, the tech industry and the media, and keep our readers like you informed on evolving risks like artificial intelligence to prevent the online exploitation of vulnerable children, creating a safer internet for everyone.

When you partner with Enough Is Enough^®, you ensure we remain a source of comfort and action for those in need. As you've heard me say, "NO ONE IS IMMUNE", and that includes members of Congress or even those precious kids and teens in your world. Together, we can make a meaningful difference and even save lives.

Please join us in protecting the innocence of our most precious resource—our children. 

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Thank you. For the Sake of the Children,

Donna and the EIE team