QTCinderella, Pokimane, Sweet Anita deepfakes exposed using live stream

A Twitch.tv influencer exposed non-consensual pornographic deepfake images of a group of female gamers and content creators during a live stream, causing a major backlash. Twitch personality Brandon Ewing, 31, known online as "Atrioc", inadvertently shared a link to a deepfake video site during a livestreaming event, exposing synthetic pornographic images of QTCinderella, Pokimane and Sweet Anita. Per USA Today , QTCinderella says "I'm a normal girl." "I like Taylor Swift. I like baking cookies. I like going to Disneyland." But after the incident "her name, her face and her brand have become associated with pornography". British influencer Sweet Anita told the New York Post that she "fears the mass circulation of her misused image will have lasting ramifications." "This was nonconsensual and the impacts are permanent," she said. "This will impact my life in a similar way to revenge porn, so I’m just frustrated, tired and numb." Ewing published an apology, deleted his account and disappeared. ➕ March 2023. Twitch updated its policy on adult nudity to include a ban on synthetic non-consensual exploitative images. Deepfake Deepfakes (a portmanteau of ' deep learning ' and 'fake') are images, videos, or audio which are edited or generated using artificial intelligence tools, and which may depict real or non-existent people. They are a type of synthetic media. Source: Wikipedia 🔗 System 🤖 Unknown Operator: Developer: Country: U SA Sector: Media/entertainment/sports/arts Purpose: Self-gratification Technology: Deepfake - image ; Machine learning Issue: Safety

Date it happened

2023-02-01

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