James Strahler II, 37, of Columbus, Ohio, has become the first person in the US to be federally convicted under the Take It Down Act for creating and distributing AI-generated, sexually explicit deepfake images, targeting at least 10 victims.

Following a high-profile scandal and the US Take It Down Act, Germany is considering new legislation to punish the creators of deepfake pornography, not just distributors, with potential sentences of up to two years.