The most urgent threat of deepfakes isn’t politics. It’s porn.

Deepfakes are often portrayed as a political threat — fake videos of politicians making comments they never made. But in a recent report, the research group Deeptrace found that 96 percent of deepfakes found online are pornographic. Of those videos, virtually all are of women. And virtually all are made without their consent.

Source: The most urgent threat of deepfakes isn’t politics. It’s porn.

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