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Report: Deepfake porn consistently found atop Google, Bing search results


Google vows to create more safeguards to protect victims of deepfake porn.

But while searches using terms like "deepfake" may generate results consistently, Google "actively" designs "ranking systems to avoid shocking people with unexpected harmful or explicit content that they aren’t looking for," the spokesperson said. Although Google told NBC News that its search features "don’t allow manipulated media or sexually explicit content," the outlet's investigation seemingly found otherwise. Experts told NBC News that "Google’s lack of proactive patrolling for abuse has made it and other search engines useful platforms for people looking to engage in deepfake harassment campaigns."

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