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Fake naked photos of Taylor Swift, X blocks searches - Cybersecurity

2024-01-29T08:19:19.793Z

Highlights: Fake naked photos of Taylor Swift, X blocks searches - Cybersecurity. X's decision comes alongside that of Meta who "will actively monitor her Facebook and Instagram channels" White House on Friday urged Congress to pass a law against false images online. The fear is that, thanks also to artificial intelligence, 'deepfakes' are becoming a powerful and unstoppable source of disinformation. The photos had been viewed tens of millions of times around the world before the offending accounts were shut down. Fans of the pop star had meanwhile invaded X under the slogan "Protect Taylor Swift" in an effort to flood the images.


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Searches with the words "Taylor Swift naked" or "Taylor Swift AI", the sequences most used to reveal the offending images, also produced no results.

X's decision comes alongside that of Meta who "will actively monitor her Facebook and Instagram channels" after the "alarmed" White House on Friday urged Congress to pass a law against false images online.

 The fear is that, thanks also to artificial intelligence, 'deepfakes' are becoming a powerful and unstoppable source of disinformation.

Politics is also paying the price, as when, on the eve of the New Hampshire primaries, artificial intelligence was used for example for false 'robocalls' from President Joe Biden.

The photos of Taylor, which appeared on Wednesday and were generated thanks to artificial intelligence, depicted Time's Person of the Year with her body painted red in sexual acts with fans of the Chiefs football team, the one where her boyfriend Travis Kelse plays today in the semifinals of the Super Bowl.

The images had been viewed tens of millions of times around the world before the offending accounts were shut down.

Fans of the pop star had meanwhile invaded X under the slogan "Protect Taylor Swift" in an effort to flood the images making them difficult to find.

X CEO Linda Vaccarino will be on Capitol Hill for the first time this week to talk about Big Tech's efforts to protect minors from online sexual exploitation.



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