Meta Oversight Board to Investigate Celebrity Deepfake Porn Cases
The rise of AI has led to a disturbing trend: non-consensual deepfake porn, now spreading across social platforms.
Today, the Meta Oversight Board steps in, tackling cases that demand a reckoning with this issue.
🔞 This independent body, empowered to issue binding decisions, zeroes in on two deepfake porn cases involving altered images of celebrities.
🔞 This independent body, empowered to issue binding decisions, zeroes in on two deepfake porn cases involving altered images of celebrities.
In one instance, an American celebrity's deepfake was removed from Facebook after being flagged elsewhere.
🛑 Additionally, Meta's Media Matching Service Bank, an automated tool, keeps such content off the platform by identifying and removing flagged images.
📸 In another instance, a deepfake image of an unnamed Indian celebrity lingered on Instagram despite user reports of policy violations.
🛑 Additionally, Meta's Media Matching Service Bank, an automated tool, keeps such content off the platform by identifying and removing flagged images.
📸 In another instance, a deepfake image of an unnamed Indian celebrity lingered on Instagram despite user reports of policy violations.
However, once the Meta Oversight Board intervened, action was finally taken to remove the deepfake.
🚫 Both cases involved violations of Meta's policies against bullying and harassment, rather than its specific policies on pornography.
🚫 Both cases involved violations of Meta's policies against bullying and harassment, rather than its specific policies on pornography.
Meta expressly prohibits any content promoting sexual violence, assault, or exploitation, with a strict stance against porn and sexually explicit ads on its platforms.
👀 The removals were made under Meta's policies targeting "derogatory sexualized photoshops or drawings" as part of its bullying and harassment regulations, alongside violations of the adult nudity and sexual activity policy.
🔍 The Meta Oversight Board aims to scrutinize Meta's policies and detection systems concerning nonconsensual deepfake pornography, as highlighted by board member Julie Owono.
👀 The removals were made under Meta's policies targeting "derogatory sexualized photoshops or drawings" as part of its bullying and harassment regulations, alongside violations of the adult nudity and sexual activity policy.
🔍 The Meta Oversight Board aims to scrutinize Meta's policies and detection systems concerning nonconsensual deepfake pornography, as highlighted by board member Julie Owono.
"Detection is not as perfect or efficient as we would wish," Owono notes, pointing to a key challenge.
👁️ Additionally, Meta has faced ongoing criticism for its content moderation practices, especially outside the US and Western Europe.
👁️ Additionally, Meta has faced ongoing criticism for its content moderation practices, especially outside the US and Western Europe.
Concerns have been raised by the board regarding differing treatment between the American and Indian celebrities affected by the deepfake incidents on the platform.
🌏 Concerns about Meta's content moderation reach across global markets arise as the Meta Oversight Board investigates deepfake cases involving an American and an Indian celebrity.
🌏 Concerns about Meta's content moderation reach across global markets arise as the Meta Oversight Board investigates deepfake cases involving an American and an Indian celebrity.
"Are all women globally protected in a fair way?" questions Oversight Board co-chair Helle Thorning-Schmidt, emphasizing the need for equitable policies.
👥 The board remains discreet about the identities of the affected celebrities, yet the prevalence of pornographic deepfakes is undeniable.
👥 The board remains discreet about the identities of the affected celebrities, yet the prevalence of pornographic deepfakes is undeniable.
Recent investigations uncovered over 4,000 celebrity deepfakes, including a viral nonconsensual deepfake of Taylor Swift, reaching millions on social platforms. Swift's fans took action, reporting and blocking accounts sharing the content.
🎥 In another concerning incident, ads for a deepfake app featuring undressed, underage images of Jenna Ortega circulated on Facebook and Instagram.
🎥 In another concerning incident, ads for a deepfake app featuring undressed, underage images of Jenna Ortega circulated on Facebook and Instagram.
Bollywood actresses, such as Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Alia Bhatt, and Rashmika Mandanna, have also fallen victim to deepfake exploitation in India.
🔥 Nonconsensual deepfake pornography, particularly targeting women, has seen an alarming rise since its emergence five years ago. Recent WIRED reporting revealed a staggering 244,625 videos uploaded to the top 35 deepfake porn sites last year, surpassing all previous records.
Shockingly, crafting a deepfake requires minimal content—VICE discovered in 2019 that just 15 seconds of an Instagram story can create a convincing fake. The technology's accessibility has only increased, evident from a recent incident where five students were expelled from a Beverly Hills school for creating nonconsensual deepfakes of 16 classmates.
💻 "Deepfake pornography poses a rising threat of gender-based harassment online, targeting and intimidating women both digitally and in real life," highlights Thorning-Schmidt.
💻 "Deepfake pornography poses a rising threat of gender-based harassment online, targeting and intimidating women both digitally and in real life," highlights Thorning-Schmidt.
"Studies consistently reveal its overwhelming focus on women, amplifying the harm inflicted on victims. Moreover, the tools for crafting these deepfakes are advancing in sophistication and availability."
✍️ The DEFiance Act, introduced by legislators in January, aims to empower individuals whose images were used in nonconsensual deepfake porn.
Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a sponsor of the bill, experienced being the subject of deepfake porn earlier this year.
📢💪 "Victims of nonconsensual pornographic deepfakes have been waiting too long for federal legislation to hold perpetrators accountable," stated Ocasio-Cortez. "As deepfakes become increasingly accessible—96 percent of circulating online deepfake videos are nonconsensual pornography—Congress must act swiftly to assure victims they will not be disregarded."
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