The 'Look What You Made Me Do' songstress is reportedly considering legal action after a deepfake site posts AI-generated images of the superstar in various X-rated poses.
- Jan 26, 2024
AceShowbiz - Swifties are rallying behind their favorite idol after X-rated AI-generated photos of Taylor Swift circulated online on social media. The singer/songwriter is reportedly and understandably upset over this and so are her family and fans.
"Taylor's circle of family and friends are furious, as are her fans obviously," a source close to the Grammy winner told Daily Mail on Thursday, January 25. "They have the right to be, and every woman should be."
The source added that the 34-year-old is still mulling over whether or not to take legal action over the graphic AI photos. "Whether or not legal action will be taken is being decided, but there is one thing that is clear: These fake, AI-generated images are abusive, offensive, exploitative and done without Taylor's consent and/or knowledge," the source stressed.
Dozens of graphic images that showed Taylor in a series of sexual acts while dressed in Kansas City Chiefs memorabilia and in the stadium were uploaded by deepfake porn site Celeb Jihad earlier this week. They have since been spread on X, Facebook, Instagram and Reddit.
According to the U.K. news outlet, X, formerly known as Twitter, and Reddit started removing the posts after it alerted them to some of the accounts. "The Twitter account that posted them does not exist anymore," the source reacted to these sites' policies that apparently still have loophole for deepfake posts.
"It is shocking that the social media platform even let them be up to begin with," the source continued, before demanding, "Legislation needs to be passed to prevent this, and laws must be enacted."
Meanwhile, fans were left disgusted by the AI photos and voiced their outrage on X, making "Protect Taylor Swift" trend on the platform. "people sharing the ai pics are sick and disgusting. protect taylor swift at all costs," one of then fans wrote.
Another furiously penned, " 'taylor swift is a billionaire she'll be fine' THAT DOESN'T MEAN U CAN GO AROUND POSTING SEXUAL AI PICS OF HER LIKE A FREAK SHE'S STILL HUMAN BEING WITH FEELINGS PROTECT TAYLOR SWIFT."
One other tweeted, "PROTECT TAYLOR SWIFT !!!! i hope she sues tbh, but that's one account down !!! if anyone sees other pages reposting those 'taylor swift ai' images or creating new ones, please lmk so we can send the brigade over to mass report." A fourth user stated, "using ai generated pornography of someone is awful and inexcusable. you guys need to be put in jail."
