2024-01-27 07:55:39
The White House said on Friday that it was “disturbed” by the spread of fake pornographic images on the Internet of American pop singer Taylor Swift, describing the widely circulated footage as “deeply disturbing.”
White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said: conference Journalist, said social media companies “have an important role to play in enforcing their own rules” to prevent the spread of such misinformation.
“This is very concerning. So we will do what we can to address this issue,” she said, adding that Congress should take legislative action on the issue.
Fake pornographic images of pop star Swift, which are believed to have been faked using artificial intelligence, spread widely on social media this week, with the images being viewed millions of times.
Jean-Pierre considered that lax enforcement of the law once morest fabricated images “often disproportionately affects women.”
She continued: “While social media companies make their own independent decisions regarding content moderation, we believe they have an important role to play in enforcing their own regulations, to prevent the spread of misinformation and fabricated pornographic images of real people.”
For her part, Representative from the Democratic Party, Yvette Clarke, who previously supported a law combating these practices, pointed out that “what happened to Swift is not new. For years, women have been targeted by publishing fake pictures of themselves without their consent,” stressing that “the creation of this “Photos have become easier and cheaper, with the advances in artificial intelligence.”
In turn, Congressman Tom Kean Jr. said that “artificial intelligence is developing faster than the necessary controls for it.” He added: “Whether the victim is Taylor Swift or any young woman in our country, we must put up barriers to combat this disturbing phenomenon.”
Experts believe that “deep fakes”, through which images and videos are fabricated, have increased in recent years, as access to and use of technology to produce such images has become easier.
Efforts to combat fabricated materials
On the other hand, the “X” application said in a blog post, on Friday, that it “is actively working to remove all identified images, and take appropriate measures once morest the accounts responsible for publishing them.”
Meanwhile, Meta said in a statement on Friday that it strongly condemns “the content that appeared across various Internet services” and worked to remove it.
The company said: “We continue to monitor our platforms for this violating content, and we will take appropriate action as needed.”
According to the networkCNNNews, the case “highlighted the ability of artificial intelligence to create convincing fake images.”
Although the issue of faking images is not new at all, as technology has been used “as a weapon once morest women and girls for years,” “the emergence of artificial intelligence tools and increased access to them makes the matter become much worse for everyone, from children to adults,” according to the same network.
“It’s not just celebrities,” said Danielle Citron, a professor at the University of Virginia School of Law. “It’s everyday people. Nurses, art and law students, teachers, journalists.”
“We’ve seen stories regarding how this affects high school students and military personnel. It affects everyone,” she continued.
Karen Pierre said that last fall, the US Department of Justice launched the first national line that operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week, to help people harmed by the fabrication of a pornographic image of them.
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