General Article Deepfake pornography: a new epidemic of violence against women

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By Mila Stricevic

One of the internet’s first encounters with ‘deepfake’ technology was a seemingly harmless viral video of Tom Cruise on social media. Despite the trivial nature of the video, even at the time serious ethical concerns were being raised about the implications of unleashing this technology into the world. Just two years later these concerns have been legitimised by the rapid circulation of deepfake pornography. 

Deepfake technology allows people to generate pornographic materia...

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