Swift's fans, known as Swifties, have taken action to protect their idol by mass reporting accounts sharing the deepfakes. They have also posted thousands of unrelated images using related phrases and hashtags to make the original images harder to find. Despite X's policies against non-consensual nudity and manipulated media, the company has been criticized for its slow response. Swift has not publicly commented on the issue, but reports suggest she is unhappy about the situation.
Key takeaways:
- AI-generated images of Taylor Swift in suggestive and pornographic situations have caused an uproar on social media, with some images remaining on the platform despite efforts to remove them.
- The images originated from a Telegram group dedicated to non-consensual deepfakes and abusive images of women, using a text-to-image AI generator in Microsoft Designer.
- Taylor Swift's fans have launched a campaign to bury the images by flooding the platform with their responses and reporting accounts sharing the AI deepfakes.
- Despite having policies against non-consensual nudity and synthetic and manipulated media, the platform has been criticized for being slow to act on the removal of these images.