Internet's biggest Deepfake Porn website is shutting down: Notice says ...
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Mr. Deepfakes
, the world's biggest
deepfake porn
website is shutting down. Visitors to the website are now seeing the message that reads 'A critical service provider has terminated service permanently. Data loss has made it impossible to continue operation'. The site's forums and videos are no longer available.
The website has further clarified that it is not planning to return back, warning against other websites using its domain. 'We will not be relaunching. Any website claiming this is fake. This domain will eventually expire and we are not responsible for future use. This message will be removed around one week,' the me
What are deepfake videos
Deepfake videos are generated using artificial intelligence (AI) technology. Such videos use a method called deep learning to copy a person's face, voice and movements and then put them onto another person's body to create a video.
Mr. DeepFakes was one of the most popular and biggest websites dedicated to hosting and sharing deepfake pornography. Its videos face swapped female celebrities into existing porn videos.
The platform featured tens of thousands of non-consensual AI-generated videos and images. It had a significant user base, with over 640,000 members at its peak.
The identity of the website's developer is still not confirmed. However, in January, German newspaper Der Spiegel reported that it had identified the person as a 36-year-old living in Toronto, who has been working at a hospital for several years.
Mr. Deepfakes forum, a 404Media report says, served as a central hub for the creation and distribution of synthetic adult content, often involving the unauthorized use of celebrities' likenesses. It also provided tools and tutorials for users interested in producing their own deepfake material.
Speaking on the Mr. Deepfake website shutdown, Hany Farid, a professor at UC Berkeley and one of the world's leading experts on digitally manipulated images, told the publication: 'While this is an important victory for victims of non-consensual intimate imagery (NCII), it is far too little and far too long in the making.'
'The technology, financial, and advertising services that continue to profit from and enable sites like mrdeepfakes have to take more responsibility for their part in the creation and distribution of NCII. While this takedown is a good start, there are many more just like this one, so let's not stop here.'
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