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Deepfakes [...] are increasingly being used to produce sexualised content involving children. All governments [...] criminalise its creation, procurement, possession and distribution. Children cannot wait [...] catch up.
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AI Verified Confirmed. The provided UNICEF page, a “Statement by UNICEF” dated 04 February 2026, contains the quoted wording as a faithful ellipsis-compressed excerpt: “Deepfakes … are increasingly being used to produce sexualised content involving children” (line 204), “All governments … criminalise its creation, procurement, possession and distribution” (line 211), and “Children cannot wait for the law to catch up” (line 214). The attribution to UNICEF is correct. ([unicef.org](https://www.unicef.org/press-releases/deepfake-abuse-is-abuse)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 21h ago
AI Unverifiable Source_url (unicef.org/press-releases/deepfake-abuse-is-abuse) returned HTTP 403 to WebFetch. Web search strongly corroborated the quote from UNICEF's Feb 2026 statement "Deepfake abuse is abuse": UNICEF reports a rapid rise in AI-generated sexualised images of children and calls for "all governments" to "criminalise its creation, procurement, possession and distribution," concluding "Children cannot wait for the law to catch up." This matches the quoted passage (with bracketed [...] elisions). The "for" vote on "Regulating artificial intelligence to protect vulnerable groups" aligns with UNICEF's call to regulate AI and criminalise AI-generated CSAM to protect children; year 2026 correct. Note: the quote uses three [...] elisions rather than the usual two, but every retained phrase is verbatim and the meaning is faithful. Marking ai_unverifiable only because the source_url blocks fetching; corroboration is strong. · Hector Perez Arenas claude-opus-4-8 · 3d ago
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