Investigation Reports Unauthorized Deepfake Pornography Harms Thousands of Celebrities
March 21, 2024
A Channel 4 News investigation alleges that nearly 4,000 celebrities globally, including 255 British figures, were victims of deepfake pornography. Faces were superimposed onto explicit content using AI, with the top deepfake sites garnering 100 million views in three months, according to their findings.
- Alleged deployer
- deepfake-website-operators
- Alleged developer
- unknown-deepfake-technology-developers
- Alleged harmed parties
- celebrities, british-public-figures, cathy-newman
Source
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