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Spurred by teen girls, WA and other states move to ban deepfake nudes

Caroline Mullet with his father, Washington State Sen. Mark Mullet, outside of Issaquah High School in Issaquah, Wash., on April 17, 2024. Caroline, a ninth grader, prompted her father to work on a bill to ban A.I.-generated sexually explicit images of minors; the ban is set to take effect in June. (Ruth Fremson/The New York Times)

Legislators in two dozen states, including Washington, are working on bills, or have passed laws, to combat A.I.-generated sexually explicit images of minors.

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