{"id":176714,"date":"2026-01-12T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/12\/this-teen-was-targeted-by-deepfake-nudes-she-hopes-new-training-course-will-help-future-victims\/"},"modified":"2026-01-12T05:07:54","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T10:07:54","slug":"this-teen-was-targeted-by-deepfake-nudes-she-hopes-new-training-course-will-help-future-victims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/12\/this-teen-was-targeted-by-deepfake-nudes-she-hopes-new-training-course-will-help-future-victims\/","title":{"rendered":"This teen was targeted by deepfake nudes. She hopes new training course will help future victims"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2026\/01\/12\/tech\/explicit-deepfake-abuse-training-course-elliston-berry\">This teen was targeted by deepfake nudes. She hopes new training course will help future victims<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2026\/01\/12\/tech\/explicit-deepfake-abuse-training-course-elliston-berry\">https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2026\/01\/12\/tech\/explicit-deepfake-abuse-training-course-elliston-berry<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-01-12 05:00:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.cnn.com\">www.cnn.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s an unordered list highlighting the key points from the article:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Elliston Berry&#8217;s Personal Experience<\/strong>: At 14, Elliston Berry discovered a classmate had shared a non-consensual deepfake nude image of her, leading her to seek information on how to address and remove these harmful photos from social media.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Initiative to Counter Harassment<\/strong>: Now 16, Berry is advocating for greater awareness by creating an online training course, alongside cybersecurity firm Adaptive Security and Pathos Consulting Group.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Growing Incidence of Deepfake Abuse<\/strong>: The proliferation of artificial intelligence has made deepfakes, especially those with a sexual content, more accessible and widely used for harassment purposes.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Education Gap and Importance of Curriculum<\/strong>: Berry emphasized the lack of awareness and education among school leaders, which led to the importance of providing curricula to help educators protect victims in future instances of deepfake abuse.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Online Course Highlights<\/strong>: The course designed for teens, parents, and educators includes topics about recognizing AI-generated deepfakes, sexual abuse via deepfakes, and sextortion.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Support Resources and Legal Guidance<\/strong>: The curriculum provides links to support resources from RAINN and details on legal consequences under the Take It Down Act, emphasizing the seriousness and illegal nature of such abuse.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Free Access to Training<\/strong>: Adaptive Security is committing to making this crucial training available to schools and parents free of charge.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Continued Impact and Need for Awareness<\/strong>: Berry stresses that this issue remains prevalent and stresses the importance of education, learning, and conversation to counter this type of harmful and illegal activity.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This teen was targeted by deepfake nudes. 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