Female Celebrities' Faces Reportedly Shown in Sexually Suggestive Ads for Deepfake App
Description
Sexually suggestive videos featuring faces of female celebrities such as Emma Watson and Scarlett Johansson were reportedly rolled out as ads on social media for an app allowing users to create deepfakes.
Actors
Alleged Deployers
- synthetic-media-creators
- facemega
- deepfake-creators
Alleged Developers
- facemega
- synthetic-media-generation-technology-developers
- synthetic-video-generation-technology-developers
- deepfake-technology-developers
Harmed Parties
- women-and-girls
- women
- victims-of-non-consensual-deepfakes
- victims-of-deepfake-abuse
- scarlett-johansson
- public-figures
- privacy
- epistemic-integrity
- emma-watson
- celebrities
Classification
Risk Domain
Malicious Actors & MisuseRisk Subdomain
4.3. Fraud, scams, and targeted manipulation
MIT Risk Profile
Source
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