Anger is quickly mounting over the proliferation on X of fake, sexually explicit images of Taylor Swift showing her in provocative poses.
“The images in question — known as ‘deepfakes’ — show Swift in various sexualized positions at a Kansas City Chiefs game, a nod to her highly-publicized romance with the team’s tight end, Travis Kelce,” according to the New York Post.
“It wasn’t immediately clear who created the images or first shared them to X, though as of Thursday morning ‘Taylor Swift AI’ was trending on the platform, with more than 58,000 posts on the topic,” the Post reported early Thursday.
The images have sparked massive outrage from Swift’s die-hard fans, not to mention pretty much every woman online.
Below is a small sample of the backlash:
Those Taylor Swift images need to be classified as a form of sexual assault, I think it is time lawmakers start creating laws to regulate AI before it’s too late.
— I AM HER (@ShaolieShaolin) January 25, 2024
No one deserves to have sexual AI pics posted on the internet!!! I really wish people would stop and think about how would they feel if someone did the same to them and the repercussions of their actions before they did stuff like this.
— Heather ⸆⸉ (@heatherkay54) January 25, 2024
ai porn (the majority of which is non-consensual) is horrendous and disgusting, the only “silver lining” about it happening to taylor swift, is she likely has enough power to get legislation passed to eliminate it. you people are sick.
— danisha carter (@danishacarterr) January 25, 2024
I cannot respect Taylor swift as an individual for her choices as an individual, but it is also important to understand that ai images of this nature are quite literally sexual assault and violently misogynistic. this cannot and should not happen to any woman
— GAWD (@SHllPON) January 25, 2024
“taylor swift is a billionaire she’ll be fine” THAT DOESN’T MEAN U CAN GO AROUND POSTING SEXUAL AI PICS OF HER LIKE A FREAK SHE’S STILL HUMAN BEING WITH FEELINGS
PROTECT TAYLOR SWIFT pic.twitter.com/RRhTWusyyt
— dee♡ (@comebvckbehere) January 25, 2024
The outrage has led to a campaign, centered around the words “Protect Taylor Swift,” to get everybody to report the original account that began posting sexually explicit AI images of Swift.
“The backlash led to the suspension of one X account sharing the images, but not before they started being shared by dozens of other accounts,” the Daily Mail has confirmed.
Meanwhile, Swift’s die-hard fans are now aiming fire at X owner Elon Musk, demanding he have every account sharing sexually explicit AI images of Swift permanently suspended.
Look:
u need to do something about those taylor swift ai pics, it’s degeneracy and men are reveling in it
— macey (@aIIaboutmeep) January 25, 2024
PROTECT TAYLOR SWIFT
there are 1000 of AI generated disgusting pic of Taylor on this app@elonmusk @X you better take all of them down@treepaine @taylornation13 pls take action
— Sandhya (Taylor’s Version)¹⁹⁸⁹ (@Sanymishra13) January 25, 2024
To all Swifties and all @taylorswift13 fans I urge you all to bombard @elonmusk with demands that he clean up X and remove all of the Taylor Swift, AI images. This is absolutely unacceptable. We need to demand he clean it up. There is straight up pornography here. Unacceptable.
— VICKI SALVADOR (@VickiSalvador) January 25, 2024
The AI photos of Taylor Swift are absolutely DISGUSTING.
The people who spread them should lose their access @elonmusk .
I’m
Not even a swiftie. I’m a woman and that’s a pure violation . It’s HARASSMENT.Repulsive ! We need protection from this . I would even say it’s RAPE!
— Petty Chips – Qinyang (@MissCocoFierce) January 25, 2024
Hey @elonmusk, just a friendly reminder about the potential risks of AI, especially in generating explicit content. As a visionary leader, your platforms have a big impact – urging a proactive approach in addressing and curbing AI-generated adult content would be a positive step. pic.twitter.com/jbugnIwnls
— sassas (@messuwanted) January 25, 2024
According to The Verge, Swift’s fans have also “responded by flooding hashtags used to circulate the images with messages that instead promote real clips of Swift performing to hide the explicit fakes.”
As noted by The Verge, this whole fiasco speaks to the “very real challenge” of stopping AI-generated pornography of real people.
“Some AI image generators have restrictions in place that prevent nude, pornographic, and photorealistic images of celebrities from being produced, but many others do not explicitly offer such a service,” the outlet notes.
“The responsibility of preventing fake images from spreading often falls to social platforms — something that can be difficult to do under the best of circumstances and even harder for a company like X that has hollowed out its moderation capabilities.”
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V. Saxena is a staff writer with a decade of experience as a professional writer, and a lifetime of experience as an avid news junkie. He holds a degree in computer technology from Purdue University. Saxena also contributes to BizPac Review.
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