A male streamer inadvertently delivered a deepfake of a female streamer and apologized tearfully

On January 30, 2023, Brandon Ewing ( Atrioc ), a Twitch streamer with 318,000 followers, accidentally showed a tab that opened a porn site during a live broadcast. The site posted a 'deepfake' of a female streamer, and viewers who saw it harassed the female streamer. Female streamers who were hit with slanderous slander one after another raised their voices in anger.

'You Feel So Violated': Streamer QTCinderella Is Speaking Out Against Deepfake Porn Harassment
https://www.vice.com/en/article/z34pq3/deepfake-qtcinderella-atrioc

Deepfake is a technology that modifies part of an image or video using deep learning. Sometimes it is used for the purpose of attaching a celebrity's face to another person's body to make him say whatever he likes, or changing the face of an activist who appeared in a documentary program to protect his identity. Problems such as arbitrarily posting advertisements or creating 'fake pornography' that overlays celebrity faces on sexual content may emerge.

The site streamer Atrioc was looking at was exactly the site where the fake porn was posted, and there were names such as QTCinderella , Maya Higa , and Pokimane who are active as female streamers.

Streamer Atrioc slipped up and showed that he was watching Deep Fake NSFW videos of other streamers.

Allegedly one was Pokimane

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— Kavos (@KavosYT) January 30, 2023

Upon learning of the site's existence, some viewers sent images to the female streamers themselves, sexually harassing and slandering them. In particular, Mr. Pokimane said that he received an insane comment such as 'It is natural that it is used for deep fake porn because it is posting self-portraits'.

After this delivery, Mr. Atrioc made a delivery titled 'Apology' and apologized tearfully for showing an inappropriate site. The next day, he issued an apology on Twitter. Mr. Atrioc explained that he arrived at the page from the advertisement of the porn site 'Pornhub' and apologized for causing unspeakable slander. After informing that the content of the site in question was removed due to the efforts of Mr. QTCinderella and the law firm, he said that he would pay the attorney's fees and help each woman with the legal costs, and would work to remove the content that was spread. He also added that he is moving away from creating content.



However, the apology continues to spread content and accuse Atrioc. ``The harassment was unforgiving,'' QTCinderella said. 'It's very sad and still hard to accept. I think the big problem is that he apologized on stream before he apologized to the woman,' she continued.

Deepfake creators remove everything from their pages as soon as their content spreads, but once spread content rarely disappears from the internet. Mr. QTCinderella seems to have consulted with several lawyers to see if he could take legal action, but it seems that there is nothing he can do about it at this time.

Several states in the United States, such as California, Virginia, and Texas, have laws prohibiting the creation and dissemination of malicious deepfakes, and most states have penalties for disseminating non-consensual pornography. However, overseas media Motherboard argues that taking legal action against harassers is costly and time-consuming, and it is extremely difficult to win justice.