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First U.S. Conviction Under Take It Down Act: Ohio Man Admits to AI-Powered Harassment

December 1, 2024

James Strahler II, an Ohio resident, admitted guilt in a federal court for utilizing AI technologies between late 2024 and mid-2025 to generate and disseminate nonconsensual intimate-image forgeries as part of a harassment campaign targeting at least six adult women. The alleged conduct also involved child sexual abuse material (CSAM). This conviction, believed to be the first under the Take It Down Act, highlights the need for robust AI governance and responsible AI practices.

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Alleged deployer
james-strahler-ii
Alleged developer
unknown-image-generator-developers, unknown-generative-ai-developers, unknown-deepfake-technology-developers
Alleged harmed parties
women-in-ohio, women, minors, epistemic-integrity

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Source

Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1448

Data source

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McGregor, S. (2021) Preventing Repeated Real World AI Failures by Cataloging Incidents: The AI Incident Database. In Proceedings of the Thirty-Third Annual Conference on Innovative Applications of Artificial Intelligence (IAAI-21). Virtual Conference.

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