It took three days of worldwide buzz around fake pornographic photos of Taylor Swift to finally bring X (formerly Twitter) to its knees.
The social network announced this weekend that it was blocking all searches around the singer's name.
“This is a temporary measure, taken with extreme caution because we prioritize security
,” commented a spokesperson for X.
“An error has occurred
,” displays the social network if a user searches for the posts containing Taylor Swift's name.
Never before have
“deepfakes”
been spread at such speed and in such proportions.
Since Wednesday, false pornographic images of the American singer have been circulating on X, shared on other platforms.
One of these images has been viewed more than 47 million times on the social network and shared 24,000 times.
According to American media, the image remained on X for more than 17 hours before being deleted.
A very bad advertisement for X, known for having…
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