Twitch streamer reacts to deepfake scandal | ITV News - Video

A Twitch streamer who publicly discovered she was on a deep-fake porn website says she is “living with the consequences” of revenge porn for a choice she never even made.

Sweet Anita, a prominent streamer with millions of followers, was alerted to the fact that she might have been deep faked into pornography after a stream on Twitch went viral.

Streamer Atrioc switched website tabs during a live stream and viewers saw a URL which led to a page containing other prominent streamers deep faked into adult content

Atrioc later apologised and said he was looking into paying for the women’s legal costs to get the deepfake’s taken down.

Here's The Story's Sam Leader looked into the consequences of Deepfake pornography and the scale of the issue.

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