Taylor Swift‘s sudden success is a difficult feat to achieve. The singing sensation has become an extraordinary pop star whose influence is not limited to a given age, or to a given set of boundaries. It extends far and wide, equally among people of all ages and races.
Her recent romantic connection with Kansas City Chiefs’ tight end Travis Kelce has brought more limelight to both stars. Named the ‘TIME Person Of The Year’ in 2023, the songstress is no exception to criticism and trolls. While she regularly deals with social media hate, the hatred has gone a notch higher this time triggering a “Protect Taylor Swift” trend on social media.
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Taylor Swift Falls Prey To AI Generated Deepfake Content
Circulating doctored graphic photos of celebrities has been a dangerous recent trend and many have fallen prey to it. The latest target of these “deepfake” videos is Taylor Swift.
Some pornographic images of the singing sensation, generated using artificial intelligence and known as “deepfakes,” are circulating on social media platform X. The offensive images show the singer in sexually provocative poses at a Kansas City Chiefs game. While the photos quickly went viral, they also triggered a wave of rage among her fans.
One of the trolls who shared the lewd images changed his page’s privacy settings to approved followers only after the backlash. He later added, “Bro what have I done… They might pass new laws because of my Taylor Swift post. If Netflix did a documentary about AI pics they’d put me in it as a villain. It’s never been so over.”
Swifties across Twitter came up in support for the singer. The phrase “Protect Taylor Swift” started trending on social media soon enough. The singer’s fans also flooded the platform with positive posts about the artist, aiming to bury the AI-generated images. Meanwhile, the star is contemplating taking action against the perpetrators.
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Swifties Rally On Social Media To Protect Swift From Trolls
The offensive deepfakes reportedly originated from multiple AI sites and emerged earlier this month. Apart from shielding Taylor from the offensive images, thousands of her fans also came together to condemn the AI-generated content. “People sharing the AI pics are sick and disgusting. Protect Taylor Swift at all costs,” one user on Twitter wrote.
“people sharing the AI pics are sick and disgusting. protect Taylor Swift at all costs,” one person wrote. “using ai generated pornography of someone is awful and inexcusable. You guys need to be put in jail,” another said.
Several Swifties also opined that as a “white billionaire,” Swift couldn’t be vulnerable to the bad actors weaponizing AI. “‘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,” one fan wrote.
“I’m not a Swifty, but the spread of Taylor Swift AI pictures should be stopped. She is a Human being with feelings no matter how rich she is it still hurts,” another one wrote.
“PROTECT TAYLOR SWIFT !!! she’s the sweetest person she is always grateful for her fans and does anything for them !! fr the sweetest person,” one more fan wrote.
Last year, highly convincing deepfake images of Pope Francis in a Balenciaga puffer jacket went viral, along with a fake photo of Donald Trump being taken down by a group of cops for resisting arrest.
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