She is one of the most powerful women in the world, and this is undoubtedly what makes her the target of creators of misogynistic, humiliating and traumatic videos. Most listened to artist in the world in 2023, second personality of the year TimesTaylor Swift was the victim of identity theft for pornographic purposes.
Taylor Swift fans have rallied
Since January 24, synthetic images and ultra-realistic videos generated by artificial intelligence have been distributed massively on X (formerly Twitter). As reported RTLone of these videos was particularly viewed 50 million times and remained freely accessible for 24 hours before being deleted. Acquired in October 2022 by billionaire Elon Musk, X has significantly reduced its moderator teams, promoting total freedom of expression.
Faced with this proliferation of deepfakethe “swifties” (Taylor Swift fans) launched an unprecedented mobilization by mass publishing excerpts from Taylor Swift’s concerts with the message “PROTECT TAYLOR SWIFT”, in order to cover pornographic content. More than 200,000 Supporting publications have been identified.
Towards effective legislation against deepfake?
Forced to take drastic measures, blocks all searches that mention the artist’s name, regardless of whether they mention pornography or not. In a statement to BBCJoe Benarroch, Business Operations Manager at“a temporary measure, taken with extreme caution, as we give priority to safety”.
It is clear that this decision, the duration of which we do not yet know, makes this clear the absence of precise measures to combat the plague of deepfake. There is currently no law in the United States that regulates this issue. So much so that theThe White House responded by calling on Congress to legislate at the federal level to protect victims of AI-generated pornographic videos..
Deepfakes are sexist violence
In an article published on Numberama and transmitted by RTLjournalist Lucie Ronfaut explains that the deepfake they are one of the ways of expressing sexism and masculinity. In this text entitled “Pornographic deepfakes wouldn’t exist without men”she writes : “ Today we realize that the vast majority of harmful applications of these technologies are misogynistic.“ explaining:
“Creating a pornographic video of a woman without her consent does not (necessarily) mean trying to deceive Internet users. It’s a desire for control. It doesn’t matter if it’s true or false. The trauma of the victims is real. Men are also interested. Humiliating someone, taking possession of them, ruining their life, even out of curiosity.“
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