Cracking down on the AI madness. This post might contain affiliation links. If you buy something through this post, the publisher may get a share of the sale. bySyazwan Bahri Posted March 8, 2023, 4:16 p.m. Twitch has announced that it is taking a strong stance against ‘deepfake pornography’ on its website. Deepfake enables people to put another person’s face over someone else’s, effectively creating a digital clone of that person. While these deepfakes have telltale signs, this has not stopped irresponsible individuals from making pornography of celebrities, influencers, and even ordinary people. Twitch has announced that they will be cracking down on deepfake pornography effective immediately. This decision was made in light of a recent controversy involving a Twitch streamer who was caught using a website that produces deepfake pornography of the streamer’s fellow streamers. Despite issuing a public apology, the offending streamer received brickbats from the Twitch community. The site was thankfully taken down, but that didn’t stop the women involved from feeling objectified, among other things. Twitch, on the other hand, is doing everything it can to resolve the issue. The streaming service issued a statement recently, referring to the incident as “synthetic non-consensual expolitative images” or
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Twitch Makes Stand Against 'Deepfake Pornography' Following Streamer Controversy
