The fallout from last week’s posting of nonconsensual artificial intelligence-generated deepfake nude imagery of pop superstar Taylor Swift has not slowed, with members of Congress speaking out on the matter, X (née Twitter) reinstating the ability to search Swift’s name after it had been disabled as the images tore across the platform, actors union SAG-AFTRA condemning the false images and legions of Swifties retaliating online.
Then came the burning questions: What is the source of these images and how did they spread?
Starting on Wednesday, one of the most proliferated fake images of Swift to initially appear on X attracted over 45 million views, 24,000 reposts, and hundreds of thousands of likes and bookmarks. It took 17 hours for the now Elon Musk-led microblogging platform to suspend the account of the verified (or paid, under Musk’s changes) user for violating policy.
The false images in question feature Swift in...
Then came the burning questions: What is the source of these images and how did they spread?
Starting on Wednesday, one of the most proliferated fake images of Swift to initially appear on X attracted over 45 million views, 24,000 reposts, and hundreds of thousands of likes and bookmarks. It took 17 hours for the now Elon Musk-led microblogging platform to suspend the account of the verified (or paid, under Musk’s changes) user for violating policy.
The false images in question feature Swift in...
- 2/1/2024
- by Kevin Dolak
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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