00:00Some of the more than 50 students at Bacchus Marsh Grammar were among those who first raised
00:06the alarm earlier this week.
00:08Police say the images were sent to someone in the Melton area, which is northwest of
00:13Melbourne, on Friday.
00:15Investigators have arrested a teenager who has since been released pending further inquiries.
00:20The principal of Bacchus Marsh Grammar, Andrew Neill, has labelled the conduct of those responsible
00:24appalling.
00:26He says it's something that strikes at the heart of students, particularly girls growing
00:29up at this age.
00:31He believes at least 50 girls in years 9 to 12 have been targeted.
00:35The images taken from social media profiles before an AI tool was used to make explicit
00:40obscene images.
00:42All students are being supported by the school while it works with police to get the images
00:46removed and for those responsible to be taken into custody.
00:50Now it comes as the Albanese government prepares to introduce new legislation to tackle this
00:55very issue.
00:56The proposed laws would ban the sharing of deepfake pornography and impose a six-year
01:01prison term.
01:02Now if the person also created the deepfakes and also shared it with our consent, then
01:07that prison term would increase to up to seven years.
01:09Now the new offences will only apply to deepfake material involving adults.
01:15Anything involving child abuse material will be covered by existing laws.
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