British female politicians have become the victims of fake pornography, with some of their faces used in nude images created using artificial intelligence.
Political candidates targeted on one prominent fake pornography website include: the Labour deputy leader, Angela Rayner; the education secretary, Gillian Keegan; the Commons leader, Penny Mordaunt; the former home secretary, Priti Patel; and the Labour backbencher Stella Creasy, according to Channel 4 News.
Many of the images have been online for several years and attracted hundreds of thousands of views.
While some are crude Photoshops featuring the politician’s head imposed on to another person’s naked body, other images appear to be more complicated deepfakes that have been created using AI technology. Some of the politicians targeted have now contacted police.
The article touches on this to some degree:
I presume the psychology behind this activity is varied - for example, I could imagine some people being so insecure that they feel the need to degrade powerful women. However, there may be others who get off on that sort of thing.
How pathetically sad do you have to be to spend time making this stuff? What absolute fucking losers.