New Jersey among 47 states urging tech and payment platforms to block tools enabling nonconsensual sexual content and child exploitation via AI
MORRISTOWN, NJ — New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin has joined a bipartisan coalition of 47 attorneys general in demanding that major technology companies take aggressive action against the growing proliferation of deepfake nonconsensual intimate imagery (NCII) and sexually exploitative AI chatbots targeting children.
“The spread of deepfakes creates new avenues for abuse that must be halted. Sexual imagery shared without consent—often referred to as revenge porn—is devastating, no matter how it originated,” said Attorney General Platkin. “Similarly, using AI technology to engage children in sexually explicit conversations is unconscionable and inexcusable. I won’t let technology firms abuse New Jersey residents.”
The coalition issued two letters this week—one to major search engines and another to leading payment platforms—urging these companies to implement safeguards that prevent the creation, dissemination, and monetization of deepfake pornography. The effort was led by Vermont and co-sponsored by New Jersey, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and Utah.…