Following Atrioc admission that he had purchased deepfake of video starring several well-known streamers, Pokimane, QTCinderella, and Sweet Anita offered their opinions on the subject
Atrioc received criticism for his subscription to deepfakes.
Twitch streamer Atrioc was the target of a backlash after he unintentionally disclosed that he had a subscription to a website that hosted bogus AI graphics. The website featured graphic images of a number of other streamers. After the incident was disclosed, Atrioc apologised profusely on broadcast, saying: “I’m sorry. It’s horrible. It’s very humiliating.”
However, now that they are aware of this predatory technique, the streamers who fell prey to these deepfakes are starting to voice their outrage about it.
Pokimane hits out at Atrioc after he’s caught watching her deepfake video
Sweet Anita, QTCinderella, and Pokimane slam deepfakes.
Sweet Anita, a fellow streamer, elaborated her sentiments by claiming that the creator of this clip solicits her body without her consent. Moreover, she is not sure whether to laugh, cry, or break things.
QTCinderella, one of the most popular and well-known Twitch streams, expressed her displeasure at the people sharing the pornographic photographs and the website hosting them. “Everybody f*cking stop. Stop spreading it. Stop advertising it.” Being seen “n*ked” without your will should not be a part of this job, she added in reference to how this violation feels.
A day later, Pokimane, the most popular female Twitch streamer, tweeted an urgent plea for people to “stop s*xualizing people without their consent.”
BrookeAB retaliated against the “terrible takes” she had read on social media on the ongoing problem. We are actual people with actual lives that are impacted by things like this, she continued. She has urged everyone to have some compassion and think beyond of not harming anyone in any manner.
Other well-known streamers concurred with these viewpoints and extended support to the broadcasters who had experienced similar exploitation.
QTCinderella promises to prosecute the creator of the deepfake website.
In a tearful live stream where she talked up to fans about the damaging emotional toll the site was taking on her mental health, QTCinderella also threatened to sue the creator of the deepfake website.
“Paying money to get this crap taken down shouldn’t be part of my work,” she said. “And the creator of the website? I’m f*cking going to sue you. I swear to you. I’m going to sue you with all my heart.”
What are the laws for revenge p*rn?
The MIT Technology Review reports that 46 states in the US have laws prohibiting the distribution of “revenge p*rn,” or the sharing of explicit photographs or films of another person without that person’s consent. However, only California and Virginia, though, have laws in place that forbid the dissemination of photos that have been digitally altered or deep-faked.