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Sharing non‑consensual ‘deepfake’ porn in Canada is now a crime. The law still fails the victims
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The law still fails the victims Published: September 13, 2026 8.15am EDT Share article Print article In June 2026, the Canadian government passed a groundbreaking reform of the Criminal Code — the Protecting Victims Act (Bill C-16).
That same month, Parliament amended the Elections Act to address political deepfakes in Bill C-25 and tabled the Safe Social Media Act (Bill C-34) — a major initiative looking to regulate social media and chatbot services.
The industry built around “nudifying” apps was valued at US$36 million per year in 2025.
It has involved multiple large-scale scandals, such as the one in early 2026 when the social media platform X’s chatbot Grok generated up to 200 non-consensual sexualized deepfakes per minute, including 23,000 images that appeared to depict children.
Bill C-34 even explicitly states: “Nothing in this Act requires an operator to proactively search content on a regulated service that it operates in order to identify harmful content.” This is, again, misaligned with the nature of deepfake-based sexual abuse.
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To count as illegal “intimate imagery,” under Canadian law, a depiction has to be realistic enough to pass as a genuine photo or video, regardless of whether the individual is identifiable or has consented to its use. (Unsplash/Mohamed Nohassi)
Sharing non‑consensual ‘deepfake’ porn in Canada is now a crime. The law still fails the victims
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