Just because sexually explicit images of kids that are flooding the internet are fake, it doesn’t make it alright. By Jurgita Lapienytė AI-generated child sexual abuse material, or CSAM, has been flooding the internet, with law enforcement being increasingly frustrated that such material is nearly indistinguishable from “real abuse”. But my question is this: just because it’s not a real video of a child suffering, should we dismiss it and avoid fighting against those distributing AI‑generated or deepfaked CSAM? Whether pranksters or criminal scum, we need to send a loud message that this is neither acceptable nor legal. The technology has offered abusers a cheaper way to profit from minors. And…