‘Form of violence’: Deepfake porn is being used to target women politicians


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A study published recently showed that nearly one in six women in Congress have been victims of such AI-generated imagery. – Freepik

FROM the United States to Italy, Britain and Pakistan, female politicians are increasingly becoming victims of AI-generated deepfake pornography or sexualised images, in a troubling trend that researchers say threatens women’s participation in public life.

An online boom in non-consensual deepfakes is outpacing efforts to regulate the technology globally, experts say, with a proliferation of cheap artificial intelligence tools including photo apps digitally undressing women.

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