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Criminal Code Amendment (Deepfake Sexual Material) Act 2024

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Creates Commonwealth offences for transmitting sexual material depicting adults without their consent using a carriage service, expressly covering material created or altered with technology such as AI deepfakes, with aggravated offences where the person also created the material.

Why it matters

Generating or sharing non-consensual sexual deepfakes of adults is a federal crime in Australia.

What it requires

Prohibited usesPenalties

Penalties

Up to 6 years' imprisonment; aggravated offences up to 7 years.

SourceFederal Register of Legislation: https://www.legislation.gov.au/C2024A00078/asmade Checked against the source on 4 Oct 2026. Act No. 78, 2024 (assented 2 Sep 2024); the whole Act commenced the day after Royal Assent, 3 Sep 2024 (s 2 commencement table).

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Criminal Code Amendment (Deepfake Sexual Material) Act 2024. Parliament of Australia; Attorney-General's Department. Status: In force. wheresthe.ai, https://wheresthe.ai/rule/au-criminal-code-deepfake-sexual-material-act-2024/ (verified 4 Oct 2026).

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