Incident 769: Investigative Journalist Rana Ayyub Targeted by AI-Generated Deepfake Pornography

Description: Investigative journalist Rana Ayyub was targeted by a deepfake porn campaign, where AI-generated explicit content falsely depicted her in a pornographic video. This was part of a broader effort to discredit and silence her, which included a doxxing attack that exposed her personal information that resulted in severe harassment and emotional distress.

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Alleged: Unknown deepfake technology developers developed an AI system deployed by Unknown deepfake creators, which harmed Rana Ayyub.

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Incident ID

769

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Incident Date

2018-04-20

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Daniel Atherton

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I Was The Victim Of A Deepfake Porn Plot Intended To Silence Me

huffingtonpost.co.uk

All’s Clear for Deepfakes: Think Again

lawfaremedia.org

huffingtonpost.co.uk · 2018

I get a lot of hate on social media. I'm an investigative journalist but I am also somebody who is seen as anti-establishment, and being a Muslim woman as well, I tick all the boxes.

The online world has always been a difficult place for me…

lawfaremedia.org · 2020

The verdict was in, and it was a comforting one: Deepfakes are the "dog that never barked." So said Keir Giles, a Russia specialist with the Conflict Studies Research Centre in the United Kingdom. Giles reasoned that the threat posed by dee…

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