X restores Taylor Swift searches after deep fakes caused a temporarily block
Elon Musk's social media platform restores Taylor Swift searches, as explicit deepfake images spread, caused a temporarily stop in certain searches related to the singer.
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00:00 Social media platform X restores searches for Taylor Swift after pornographic deepfake
00:06 images of the singer circulating online caused a temporarily block.
00:11 It's made her the most famous victim of a scourge that tech platforms and anti-abuse
00:15 groups have struggled to fix.
00:18 Researchers have said the number of explicit deepfakes have grown in the past few years
00:23 as the technology has become more accessible and easier to use.
00:28 A report released showed the use of deepfakes is mainly used against women.
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