Experts point out the damage of sex workers due to deepfake



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Deepfake ' is a technology that uses AI to replace a part of a photo or movie with another thing. Maggie MacDonald , a researcher on pornography and economics at the University of Toronto, has summarized the problems associated with deepfake and pornography from several experts.

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Deepfake is a coined word that combines 'deep learning' and 'fake', and is a technology that can use AI to replace the face of a person in a movie or create a fake satellite image without any discomfort. This deepfake is a technology that began to become popular on online bulletin boards such as Reddit around 2017, and at the beginning of the fashion, advanced AI knowledge was required, but at the time of article creation, it is easy to deepfake using an application such as FaceApp. It is possible to edit images and movies with.

To replace a face with deepfake, you need some sample movies and a huge dataset of faces. As a result, celebrities with a large number of high-quality facial photos are likely to be targeted by deepfake, including a movie by Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg talking about 'data domination' and what Barack Obama said. Movies such as talking to Russian President Vladimir Putin have been created, and the threat of fake news created by AI has been widely taken up.

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However, McDonald's said, 'There are thousands of movies out there that use

deepfake to swap the faces of celebrities such as Taylor Swift , Emma Watson , Scarlett Johansson , and TikTok star Charli D'Amelio with the faces of pornographic actresses.' Pointed out. In addition, it has been '96 percent are pornographic movie of deep fake movie that has been published in the online' that (PDF link) published in 2019 findings cited, most of the 'deep fake, not a fake news , Used in the creation of pornography. '



According to McDonald's, deepfake porn movies are not intended to fool viewers and are often tagged as 'fake', with some creators as 'a kind of derivative work' of them. He is proud of the movie. However, Andrea Welhun, who supports sex workers, claims that 'deepfake face replacement is a disdain for women.'

McDonald's also pointed out that deepfake porn movies not only cause humiliation and trauma to the person who used the face, but also harm the sex worker who used the body. In addition, Zara Stardust, who studies human rights and sexuality at Harvard University , said, 'Any changes and sharing, whether contractually filmed or video chat-style pornography, without the consent of the performers. It's both materially and morally insulting. ' But at the same time, Stardust argued that 'deepfake can be difficult to defeat from a defamation angle,' and Welhun said, 'Our culture is for those who make sex publicly explicit.' I have a fundamental contempt, 'he said, arguing that there is an environment in which sex workers are less likely to sue the creators of deepfake movies.



'Deepfake can help you apply yourself to the porn scene, satisfy your unconventional desires, and more,' said Kate Sinclair , a porn label producer and porn actress. As long as copyright infringement is widespread in the industry and non-consensual image sharing is commonplace, it is unlikely that a meaningful use of deepfake will be successful, 'said McDonald. Fake is a new and powerful genre in digital media. They carry great potential for fantasy building and the threat of fake information. Currently, deepfake is used to harass sex workers from anonymous creators. 'It has been done,' he said, and he is concerned about the current situation in which deepfake, which has significant potential, is being used illegally.

Finally, McDonald's said, 'In the current situation where deepfake only emphasizes that it can target men in strong positions and promote fake news, it is actually a problem in society. 'The harm to the most marginalized workers' cannot be eliminated. '

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