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‘Would love to see her faked’: the dark world of sexual deepfakes - and the women fighting back


The government has promised a crackdown on synthetic image abuse - but campaigners warn it doesn’t go far enough

The person posting the pictures had also shared an invitation to other members of the forum: to use fully clothed photos of Jodie, taken from her private Instagram, to create sexually explicit “deepfakes” – digitally altered content made using artificial intelligence. The fake images – which have now been removed – are among a growing number of synthetic, sexually explicit pictures and videos being made, traded and sold online in Britain and around the world – on social media apps, in private messages and through gaming platforms, as well as on adult forums and porn sites. What many don’t realise is that it’s ‘normal’ people doing this ‘Jodie’ She is calling on the government to adopt another piece of legislation – a private member’s bill put forward by Baroness Owen, drawn up with campaigners, which ensures deepfake creation is consent based and includes an offence of solicitation.

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