General-purpose AI models enable the generation of non-consensual intimate imagery of adults (AIG-NCII) and child sexual abuse material (AIG-CSAM) with unprecedented ease. Bad actors misuse these capabilities to inflict psychological, financial, and reputational harms on victims, prompting nations to revise or enact laws prohibiting such misuse. Creating and governing systems resistant to misuse requires solving hard legal, governance, and technical problems. Researchers are tackling these problems from a variety of backgrounds, raising the need of community building to incubate new ideas, help refine existing projects, and build new collaborations that can address the urgent challenges of AIG-NCII and AIG-CSAM.
This half-day workshop aims to bring together researchers with backgrounds in usable security, HCI, trust and safety, tech policy, and law that are working on AIG-NCII and AIG-CSAM. The workshop is affiliated to the 22nd Symposium on Usable Privacy and Security (SOUPS 2026). To participate in the workshop, you can either (1) submit a 3–6-page paper for peer review or (2) a participation request alongside a statement of motivation for your interest in the workshop. Authors of accepted peer-reviewed submissions will be invited to the workshop and may present their work as a lightning talk or a poster.
We aim to create a diverse and inclusive space for workshop attendees to solicit feedback and gather ideas. Towards this goal, we allow two types of submissions.
First option: We welcome 3-6-page submissions from researchers at all stages, from those with ongoing or published work and practical experience to those entering from adjacent fields. We welcome empirical studies, position papers, literature reviews, and works in progress. We especially welcome submissions from early researchers who are developing new directions in this space. Submissions should relate to one of the following topics:
Accepted submissions will be presented at the workshop as either a lightning talk or a poster. Up to five participants will be invited to give lightning talks, with up to ten selected for poster presentations. If your submission is accepted, at least one author should attend in person to present it.
Second option: If you would like to participate in the workshop without a 3-6 page submission, you can submit a participation request in our registration form alongside a 300-500-word statement of motivation for your interest in the workshop (e.g., by referring to previous or ongoing work relating to one of the topics in our Call for Ideas).
For information on how to submit the paper or participation request, please review here.
To attend, you must register for the workshop here.