Taylor Swift Protected By Fans Amid Deepfake Drama

Swiifties wasted no time taking to social media in an effort to cover up explicit deep fakes of Taylor Swift.

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00:00 Deepfakes of Taylor Swift have Swifties up in arms online.

00:04 Although photogenerative AI can be used to create fun social media crazes such as Nicki

00:09 Minaj's gag "City," it can also be dangerous.

00:13 This week, Taylor Swift fans were tweeting "Protect Taylor Swift" after deepfakes

00:17 of the star began circulating online.

00:19 The posts were an effort to cover fake explicit photos of Swift, likely created using photogenerative

00:25 AI.

00:26 Swift is not the first celebrity to be affected by deepfakes.

00:30 Actor Scarlett Johansson spoke out about her own deepfakes in 2018, saying "Nothing can

00:35 stop someone from cutting and pasting my image, or anyone else's, onto a different body

00:40 and making it look as eerily realistic as desired.

00:43 There are basically no rules on the internet because it's an abyss that remains virtually

00:47 lawless."

00:49 According to a recent report from the Daily Mail, Taylor Swift is allegedly furious and

00:53 considering taking legal action.