Deepfakes
MasterCard Updates Risk Standards to Address Adult Deepfakes
Mastercard last week informed acquirers about updates to its Business Risk Assessment and Mitigation (BRAM) standards for adult content, including verbiage addressing deepfakes.
Japanese Webmaster Arrested for 'Unblurring' Pirated Porn
A Japanese webmaster was arrested last week for posting copyrighted content by local studios after unblurring the pixelated areas around the genitals, which the country’s peculiar obscenity laws mandate.
The Guardian Sounds Warning About AI, Deepfakes
As artificial intelligence (AI) continues to make inroads into day-to-day applications, its use for creating avatars, especially those that could mimic specific individuals in a sexually explicit context, is getting a closer, more wary look.
Facebook Moderation Advisor: There's 'Nothing Wrong' With Consensual Pornography
Legal scholar Danielle Citron, a member of Facebook’s Nonconsensual Intimate Imagery Task Force, one of the company’s internal — and secretive — moderation advisory groups, has stated that “there’s nothing wrong with pornography as long as you chose it yourself.”
Report: Most Deepfakes for Porn, Not Politics
According to a recent report, as seemingly with the internet itself, deepfakes were made for porn.
Operation Minerva Combats Deepfakes, Revenge Porn
Takedown Piracy has launched Operation Minerva, a new service created to combat Deepfakes and revenge porn.
Scarlett Johansson Speaks Out Against 'Deepfakes'
“Deepfakes” technology dominated headlines right off the bat in January 2018, so it is only fitting that the year ends with more dialogue on the controversial practice of distributing such questionable material.
Tumblr Plans to Ban 'Deepfakes' Porn, 'Creepshots'
Tumblr has announced that it is making some changes to its community guidelines, set to take effect Monday, Sept. 10, with an aim of eliminating nonconsensual sexual images.
Naughty America Seeks to Put Users Into 'Deepfakes'
Naughty America has debuted new artificial-intelligence face-swapping technology to help its fans find their fantasy.
Variety Asks Adult Industry to Weigh In on 'Deepfakes'
As the “deepfakes” phenomenon begins to make headlines in mainstream media, Variety published a report today that sought out answers from some of the top executives in the adult entertainment industry about where this is all headed.
'Deepfakes': Porn's Newest Content Genre?
There has been a lot of buzz lately about the topic of “deepfakes,” leading industry insiders to contemplate these increasingly popular photos and videos and their role as the catalyst for what could potentially be porn’s newest content craze.
Reddit, Twitter Ban 'Deepfakes' Porn
Following bans by PornHub, Discord and Gfycat, several other platforms including Twitter and Reddit have decided to ban the posting of AI-generated videos that realistically edit new faces onto adult performers.