Deepfake Detection Challenge to Combat Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse

Overview

The AI Deepfake Detection Challenge is a joint deliverable by the Australian Attorney-General’s Department and the UK Home Office. This grant will seek to provide funding to eligible entities to develop technology-based solutions to support the detection, prevention and removal of synthetic child sexual abuse material. The proposed expenditure supports measures under the National Strategy to Prevent and Respond to Child Sexual Abuse including Commonwealth Action Plan measure 6 (Raise awareness of the important role of digital industry in combatting online harms) and measure 19 (Drive domestic engagement with industry on online harms). The grant opportunity further supports objectives under the UK-Australia Cooperation in Online Safety and Security: Memorandum of Understanding, including coordinating with international partners to champion collaborative approaches to online safety and security. The objectives of this grant are: ·         to drive collaborative efforts with the UK government to achieve shared objectives with regards to global online safety and security ·         to support innovative approaches that will support the prevention, detection and proactive removal of synthetic child sexual abuse material ·         raise public awareness of the impact of synthetic child sexual abuse material ·         promote industry, government and law enforcement collaboration to tackle online child sexual exploitation and abuse The intended outcomes of the grant are: ·         identify technically feasible and scalable solutions to combat the proliferation of synthetic child sexual abuse material ·         support the implementation of technically feasible and scalable solutions ·         establish working and sustainable partnerships between industry and government to tackle online child sexual exploitation and abuse