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Reddit removes deepfakes and other related threads which publish non-consensual pornography

Reddit changed its content policies after many online portals such as Twitter, Discord, PornHub, and Gyfcat removed it.

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Tech2 News Staff|Feb 08, 2018, 09:29:34 IST

Reddit has finally removed the subreddit "deepfakes" which has been circulating non-consensual pornographic content of female celebrities. The discussion platform changed its content policies after many online portals such as Twitter, Discord, PornHub and Gyfcat removed it.[caption id="attachment_4341093" align="alignleft" width="380"]Representational image. Reuters. Representational image. Reuters.[/caption]Deepfakes is notorious for uploading pornographic content with faces of female celebrities swapped onto those of the porn stars using artificial intelligence.Reddit in a statement said, "We want to let you know that we have made some updates to our site-wide rules against involuntary pornography and sexual or suggestive content involving minors. These policies were previously combined in a single rule; they will now be broken out into two distinct ones. As we have said in past communications with you all, we want to make Reddit a more welcoming environment for all users. We will continue to review and update our policies as necessary."Reddit has reportedly removed r/deepfakes subreddit and not r/SFWdeepfakes where there is non-pornographic content face swapping of celebrities using the FakeApp.This controversy erupted when Motherboard reported Gal Gadot's swapped images being found on a pornographic material. This was created by deepfakes using artificial intelligence. The algorithm used could swap the faces in such a way, that it masked the porn actor's faces with those of celebrities.

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First Published:Feb 08, 2018, 09:02:46 IST
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