Technology is improving. Technology is becoming cheaper. The porn industry is growing in all manners. Everyone is an actor.

It’s now possible to generate pornographic films at a low cost starring any person on Instagram who has a number of photos published. Heaps of films with celebrities’ faces are available for as little as five dollars. Those who want a customized video with any person on Instagram with less than 2 million followers, a so-called “personal girl,” will pay $65.

Yes, it’s fake, but it’s also abuse. And actually, those faces really belong to someone. Desperate young women are now being made aware of nude pictures and videos with people who look just like them. It’s hard to imagine what this does to their stress levels, wellbeing, mental health and self-image – and what further consequences this may lead to.

While the techbros in Silicon Valley garner attention with their wild theories about computers taking over the world, people are already suffering now, today, for real from these technological leaps.

Media needs to shift focus away from the white men’s fictional fear of being oppressed and focus on those who already are.

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/internet/deepfake-porn-ai-mr-deep-fake-economy-google-visa-mastercard-download-rcna75071

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