Targeting not only celebrities but also ordinary people, where AI-made deep fake porn videos are bought and sold on sites that hit Google searches



One of the problems that emerged with the advent of high-precision image synthesis AI is deep fake porn that uses other people's faces without permission. NBC News reports, ``A large number of deepfake videos have been posted on websites that can be easily found with a Google search, and there are businesses that contract to create deepfakes that target not only celebrities but also ordinary people.'' .

The deepfake AI porn industry is operating in plain sight

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Deepfake, which uses AI to replace part of a photo or video with another material, has become a serious problem with the development of AI technology. In general media, deep fakes of famous actors and politicians tend to be a hot topic, but the most widely used one is `` deep fake porn '', which replaces the face of a pornographic video with that of another person.

According to Sensity, a Dutch company that monitors media synthesized by AI, 96% of deep fakes are sexual and use the face of a woman who does not agree to generate content. NBC News reports that deepfake porn creators post and sell pornographic videos using celebrity faces, and also undertake the creation of deepfake pornography for ordinary people at the request of users.

The economy surrounding deepfake pornography has hardly surfaced, but in February 2023, a famous male distributor posted ``a website where female distributors' deepfake pornography is available'' on the distribution, and some viewers harassed female distributors. After this incident, Google search shows that search traffic for 'deepfake porn' has surged .

A male streamer inadvertently delivered a deep fake of a female streamer and apologized with tears - GIGAZINE



The website 'MrDeepFakes', which is a top hit when you search for 'deep fake porn' on Google, is the most prominent posting platform in the world of deepfake porn. The website is flooded with thousands of deepfake porn videos that can be viewed for free, and the number of uploads in February 2023 will exceed 1,400, a record high, and the number of monthly visitors will reach 17 million. .



Many of the deepfake porn videos posted on MrDeepFakes are just a few minutes long, and are available as free trials for longer porn videos. Creators sell access to a library of deepfake porn videos by directing users who want to see the full version of the video to Fan-Topia, another adult content platform. The price of the paid version is about 5 dollars (about 650 yen), the purchase is done using the payment service called Verotel in the Netherlands, and it seems that credit cards such as VISA and MasterCard can also be used.



VISA and MasterCard previously decided to stop payment for posting child pornography and revenge pornography on the porn site Pornhub, but Fan-Topia says it can still be used. VISA and MasterCard did not respond to NBC News inquiries.

Pointed out that Visa and Mastercard's suspension of payment for Pornhub is 'virtual censorship', and voices concerned about the poverty of sex workers due to suspension of payment - GIGAZINE



The economy surrounding deepfake porn has grown more and more in recent years. According to NBC News, some deep fake porn creators are looking for paid positions on MrDeepFakes' Discord forum to support content creation.

The deepfake porn featured most often on MrDeepFakes and Fan-Topia comes from actresses Emma Watson and Scarlett Johansson. Also, some deep fake porn creators are creating deep fake porn for ordinary people who are not celebrities in response to requests from supporters in Discord's chat room. One creator advertised to create deepfake porn for women with less than 2 million Instagram followers for $65.

When NBC News contacted Discord about this matter, the chat room was removed for violating its policy on ``content or behavior that sexualizes or demeans another person without their explicit consent''. The chatroom operator did not respond to NBC News inquiries.

Discord claims to NBC News that it prohibits 'promoting or sharing unconscionable deepfakes.' ``If Discord's safety team recognizes such content, it will take action such as deleting the content, banning the user, and shutting down the server,'' he said.



Australian lawyer Noelle Martin, who is also a victim of deep fake pornography, says that people who are not celebrities are increasingly becoming victims of deep fake pornography without consent. 'More and more people are being targeted,' Martin said, expecting more and more civilian victims.

Regarding websites like MrDeepFakes that publish non-consensual sexual content that aren't shut down and are hits in Google searches, Martin said, ``The fact that this is publicized and still allowed is unacceptable. , All regulatory authorities, law enforcement agencies, and the entire system in this world will lead to the accusation that this state is allowed, ''he said, calling for legal regulation of deep fake pornography.



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