Incident 660: Investigation Reports Unauthorized Deepfake Pornography Harms Thousands of Celebrities
Description: 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.
Entities
View all entitiesAlleged: Unknown deepfake technology developers developed an AI system deployed by Deepfake website operators, which harmed celebrities , British public figures and Cathy Newman.
Incident Stats
Incident ID
660
Report Count
1
Incident Date
2024-03-21
Editors
Daniel Atherton
Incident Reports
Reports Timeline
theguardian.com · 2024
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More than 250 British celebrities are among the thousands of famous people who are victims of deepfake pornography, an investigation has found.
A Channel 4 News analysis of the five most visited deepfake websites found almost 4,000 famous i…
Variants
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