First Australian charged under deepfake pornography laws avoids jail
Judge finds no malicious motive, cites obsessive behaviour behind offending
The first person charged under Australia's 2024 deepfake pornography laws has avoided a jail sentence in the South Australian District Court. William Hamish Yeates, 20, was sentenced to two years and three months behind bars but released on a three-year recognisance order after the judge accepted his offending was driven by compulsive behaviour rather than malice.