Deepfakes exploiting Taylor Swift images exemplify a scourge with little oversight
Bogus pornographic images purporting to show pop superstar Taylor Swift have emerged on social media, highlighting a growing challenge to privacy rights.
A new crop of deepfake videos and images is causing a stir — a periodic phenomenon that seems to be happening more frequently, as several bills focused on deepfakes remain in Congress.
The issue made headlines this week, as bogus pornographic images purporting to show pop superstar Taylor Swift proliferated on X (formerly known as Twitter), Telegram and elsewhere. Many postings were removed, but not before some of them racked up millions of views.
The assault on Swift's famous image serves as a reminder of how deepfakes have become easier to
