The spread of nonconsensual deepfakes, such as those targeting Taylor Swift, has intensified calls for regulatory action against deepfake technology. Tweets from various users and news outlets report that YouTube has removed over a thousand videos featuring deepfakes of celebrities like Taylor Swift, Steve Harvey, and Joe Rogan, which were involved in a Medicare scam. The incident has been exacerbated by the advent of technologies like InstantID, which make creating deepfakes quicker and easier. Fans of Taylor Swift have banded together to combat the spread of explicit deepfakes by mass-reporting and posting real images on social media. The issue has transcended celebrity status, highlighting the risks deepfakes pose to all individuals and prompting bipartisan calls for a government ban on deepfakes at every stage of production and distribution.
YouTube removes ads featuring AI-generated celebrity deepfakes Some celebrities included are Taylor Swift and Steve Harvey https://t.co/tCGsWwsfxU
What’s happened to Taylor Swift is nothing new. For yrs, women have been targets of deepfakes w/o their consent. And w/ advancements in AI, creating deepfakes is easier & cheaper. This is an issue both sides of the aisle & even Swifties should be able to come together to solve.
Nonconsensual sexually explicit deepfakes of Taylor Swift circulated on X on Wednesday. The scenario shines a spotlight on the increasingly alarming spread of AI-generated content and misinformation online. https://t.co/uQhsr1BlmF
Explicit digitally fabricated fakes of Taylor Swift circulating on X have prompted fans to swarm the social-media platform to try to drown out the fakes with real images https://t.co/YBR1STjUMd https://t.co/YBR1STjUMd
When nonconsensual deepfakes of Taylor Swift went viral on here, the platform didn't step in — her fans and concerned viewers did. Via mass-reporting, people were able to get many of the deepfakes taken down. But most victims "don’t have millions of fans." https://t.co/OJPEPRIvpT
YouTube has deleted a thousand videos circulating on its platform that purportedly showed Taylor Swift, Steve Harvey and Joe Rogan pitch a Medicare scam. https://t.co/sKy9UWn4YT https://t.co/yi3ntYCewm
Fans Band Together to 'Protect Taylor Swift' After Spread of NSFW A.I. Images https://t.co/kAEvDXsvXz
YouTube removes ads featuring AI-generated celebrity deepfakes Some celebrities included are Taylor Swift and Steve Harvey https://t.co/L00bgR5SQT
New impact from 404 Media: YouTube deletes 1,000 videos of in which Taylor Swift, Steve Harvey, and Joe Rogan pitch Medicare scams. Comes after we reported the practice, which was operating at a massive scale. Many still remain. https://t.co/hXcI69tHdm https://t.co/qPaRev3ZK6
The viral Taylor Swift deepfake porn is horrifying but I just want to remind you guys that less famous women, and completely non-famous ones, have been victimized in this way for YEARS. And the platforms have done essentially nothing about it. https://t.co/a0nZMR0iFW
Disturbing AI deepfakes, like those of Taylor Swift, are poised to become a deluge, @rUv and others have told me. Techniques like the new InstantID, which surpasses LoRA, make it even quicker and easier. My story from yesterday: https://t.co/QA1LNNVf4g
That's exactly right: we should protect Taylor Swift. But we should also protect everyone from deepfakes. It's not enough to ban the pages posting these pictures, or flood the trending topics where they're posted. We need to ban deepfakes at every stage of their supply chain. https://t.co/FWtQzvAp98
'Today, we are seeing that [deepfakes are] affecting private individuals because it's so immediate, so fast,' he added. 'The most tragic thing is that no one is safe.' This shouldn't have been allowed to happen, and it's not too late to stop it. *It's time to ban deepfakes.* https://t.co/PsOyNF1Cca https://t.co/YXYZeTEmvG
The Taylor Swift news reminded me of this tragic, horrific story. Deepfakes have consequences. They can be traumatising. They can literally kill people. Taylor Swift has her team and fans to support her through this, but *everyone* deserves to be protected from deepfakes. https://t.co/zpZdPhiL1k
This should never have been allowed to happen. Why aren't there already restrictions on creating products that can produce deepfake fraud? The only effective way to stop this is for governments to ban deepfakes at every stage of production and distribution as soon as possible. https://t.co/rWbm7MclcY