Source: The Wall Street Journal (paywall)
Schools and parents face an enforcement gap as freely available deepfake technology has made non-consensual explicit imagery of minors trivially easy to produce at scale. Harassment has shifted from rumor and crude Photoshop to convincing synthetic content that spreads across social platforms before takedown. The legal and technical infrastructure built around traditional CSAM doesn't map onto AI-generated material, leaving institutions without clear protocols for prevention, detection, or remediation when students weaponize these tools against peers. The barrier to entry has collapsed while the psychological damage and reputational harm remain total.