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Ottawa must move urgently to ban nude deepfakes - The Globe and Mail
A Canadian court acquitted a man who created and distributed deepfake nude images of five women because current laws don't cover AI-generated images.
- Incident date
- May 2026
- Target
- Five women from a high school
Updated May 27, 2026 · 1 min read
A recent Canadian court case highlights the urgent need for updated legislation regarding deepfakes. A man who created deepfake nude images of five women he went to high school with was acquitted due to a gap in the existing laws.
What happened
The man created AI-generated fake nude images of five women and sent them to them. Because Canada's laws ban the non-consensual sharing of explicit images but not those conjured up with AI technology, the judge was obliged to acquit the man. The judge called it an “affront to their sexual integrity.”