British female politicians targeted by fake pornography
British female politicians targeted by fake pornography
Leading politicians victimised by online material including AI deepfakes, investigation finds
British female politicians have become the victims of fake pornography, with some of their faces used in nude images created using artificial intelligence.
Political candidates targeted on one prominent fake pornography website include: the Labour deputy leader, Angela Rayner; the education secretary, Gillian Keegan; the Commons leader, Penny Mordaunt; the former home secretary, Priti Patel; and the Labour backbencher Stella Creasy, according to Channel 4 News.
Many of the images have been online for several years and attracted hundreds of thousands of views.
While some are crude Photoshops featuring the politician’s head imposed on to another person’s naked body, other images appear to be more complicated deepfakes that have been created using AI technology. Some of the politicians targeted have now contacted police.
I suppose this is Rule 34 in full effect but it's still depressing to hear about.
Its so sad hearing about this happening often :( I just wonder why? if people are actually looking for this stuff or if its entirely offensive, defamatory/political etc..? It can not be anything more than hurting the victims right
The article touches on this to some degree:
Creasy told the broadcaster that she felt “sick” to learn about the images and that “none of this is about sexual pleasure, it’s all about power and control”.
I presume the psychology behind this activity is varied - for example, I could imagine some people being so insecure that they feel the need to degrade powerful women. However, there may be others who get off on that sort of thing.
How pathetically sad do you have to be to spend time making this stuff? What absolute fucking losers.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
British female politicians have become the victims of fake pornography, with some of their faces used in nude images created using artificial intelligence.
Political candidates targeted on one prominent fake pornography website include: the Labour deputy leader, Angela Rayner; the education secretary, Gillian Keegan; the Commons leader, Penny Mordaunt; the former home secretary, Priti Patel; and the Labour backbencher Stella Creasy, according to Channel 4 News.
While some are crude Photoshops featuring the politician’s head imposed on to another person’s naked body, other images appear to be more complicated deepfakes that have been created using AI technology.
Nonconsensual deepfake technology, which takes a photograph of an individual and uses artificial intelligence to strip clothes or create a fake nude photo, has become a growing issue as part of the wider AI boom.
The government in April announced plans to close this loophole and ban the creation of deepfake pornography in England and Wales but the proposed law was dropped when Rishi Sunak decided to call an early election.
The Conservatives, Labour and the Liberal Democrats have pledged to bring it back if they win the next election, meaning it is likely that creation of the images will also be banned.
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OMG that's disgusting. Naked pics online?! Where did they post those?