Federal Justice Minister Sean Fraser reacted Monday to the case of a Halifax man who used artificial intelligence to create nude images of women he knew, calling the actions "heinous." The man was acquitted last week o f charges under the intimate images provisions of the Criminal Code, but pleaded guilty to other charges. The man at the centre of the case used AI to create deepfake nude images of five high school classmates. A Nova Scotia judge acquitted him on the intimate images charges because the law doesn’t cover deepfakes. While the man was acquitted on the intimate images charges, he pleaded guilty to charges of criminal harassment and sending an obscene picture.

Source: CBC News March 17, 2026 11:19 UTC