Paris Hilton and AOC Rally Against Deepfake Pornography

The Deepfake Pornography Epidemic

• 💡 Deepfake pornography is described as an epidemic, enabled by AI and a stranger's imagination.
• 🎯 Paris Hilton shared her personal experience of having a private intimate video shared without consent at age 19, highlighting that such abuse is now happening to millions of women and girls.
• ⚠️ Hilton revealed that over 100,000 explicit deepfake images of her have been created by AI and circulated online, none of which are real or consensual.

The Harm and Intent Behind Deepfakes

• 🧠 The creation of deepfake content is paralleled with physical assault, driven by intentions of power, domination, and humiliation.
• 💔 While the images are digital, the harm to victims is very real, resurfacing trauma for survivors of sexual harassment, abuse, and assault.

Legislative Action: The Defiance Act

• 🤝 Congress members Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Laurel Lee have teamed up with Paris Hilton to advocate for the Defiance Act.
• ⚖️ This bill aims to provide legal recourse and protection against the creation and distribution of non-consensual deepfake pornography.