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Topics: Technology, Taylor Swift, Celebrity, Social Media
Ella Scott
Topics: Technology, Taylor Swift, Celebrity, Social Media
Taylor Swift is the latest victim of deepfake pornography, and her fanbase has come out in droves to defend her.
A voice or video deepfake is a non-consensual media created via Artificial Intelligence (AI) using a text prompt.
According to a recent report, around 500,000 were shared across social media last year, and it’s claimed that deepfake crime is on the rise.
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Unfortunately, Taylor Swift has become the latest victim after a user created sexualised AI-generated photographs of her at a Kansas City Chiefs game.
These NFL-inspired fabricated porn pictures have been shared across various websites.
On Monday (January 22), the latter allegedly took down an X (formerly Twitter) post sharing the fake images because it violated the social media platform's guidelines.
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According to Newsweek, another user posted the AI-generated images to their social media account and wrote: "My Taylor post went viral and now everyone is posting it."
In a separate update, he allegedly typed: "Bro, what have I done? They might pass new laws because of my Taylor Swift post. "
"If Netflix did a documentary about AI pics they'd put me in it as a villain. It's never been so over."
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The outlet reports that this user's tweets have since been protected, and only those who follow him may see further updates.
Fans have since taken to X to defend the 'Bad Blood' star and have called for action to be taken by the perpetrators.
One X user typed: "The Taylor Swift AI images are insane. Actually terrifying that they exist.
"Please report + don't give more attention to those tweets. some of these men really need to be locked in a cage and shipped off to Mars or smt."
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A second wrote: "If the Taylor Swift AI photos come up on your feed and you care about protecting women AT ALL - please report the post. If you don’t grasp the depravity - seek a therapist."
“If you think sexualised non-consensual AI generated photos of Taylor Swift being spread online isn’t an issue I want you to think what that means for countless women and children who aren’t Taylor Swift who’ve also been subjected to digital rape and AI porn,” typed another.
A fourth called the images 'disgusting', adding: "Please PROTECT TAYLOR SWIFT."
While a fifth said: "Protect Taylor Swift from creepy assholes with an obsession with sexualizing women as AI."
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UNILAD has reached out to representatives of Taylor Swift and X for further comment.