Showing posts with label obscenity. Show all posts
Showing posts with label obscenity. Show all posts

Saturday, January 03, 2026

Do we need a global registry of men and women who do not want images of nudity published in the public domain?

Would something like this be a solution or part of a solution to the proliferation and display of fake sexual/nudity images generated by AI in the public domain?

Of course, look alikes, mistaken identity and other, similar issues make the task of preventing fake obscene, sexualized, or nudity images of individuals  difficult.

India orders Musk's X to fix Grok over 'obscene' AI content

Apparently, Grok allows a user to undress any woman and girl!

What an embarrassment for Elon Musk!

I bet this could easily be prevented. E.g. any combination of a naked body or naked private parts plus the face of a prominent or ordinary woman is automatically suspect if there are no other, confirmed and uncontested images of nudity in the public domain regarding this face.

"... On Friday, India’s IT ministry issued the order directing Musk’s X to take corrective action on Grok, including restricting the generation of content involving “nudity, sexualization, sexually explicit, or otherwise unlawful” material. The ministry also gave the social media platform 72 hours to submit an action-taken report detailing the steps it has taken to prevent the hosting or dissemination of content deemed “obscene, pornographic, vulgar, indecent, sexually explicit, pedophilic, or otherwise prohibited under law.” ...

India, one of the world’s biggest digital markets, has emerged as a critical test case for how far governments are willing to go in holding platforms responsible for AI-generated content. Any tightening of enforcement in the country could have ripple effects for global technology companies operating across multiple jurisdictions. ..."

India orders Musk's X to fix Grok over 'obscene' AI content | TechCrunch

Friday, January 24, 2025

Seizure of Sally Mann’s photographs in Texas revives old debates about obscenity and freedom of expression. Really!

Recommendable! Yes, Americans still tend to be more prudish than some  other Westerners! 😊

Given that these photo examples presented by the author are from the late 1980s and around 1990, I have some doubt whether these photos really caused such a skandal or controversy as suggested by this article.

Seizure of Sally Mann’s photographs in Texas revives old debates about obscenity and freedom of expression

Sally Mann’s ‘Holding the Weasel’ [her daughter] 1989


The Perfect Tomato [her daughter] 1990


Her son (unknown title and date)