Posted 1/30/2024, 1:19:40 PM
Taylor Swift Searches Temporarily Blocked on Platform Due to AI-Generated Images
- Taylor Swift's name was unsearchable on X over the weekend due to nonconsensual sexually explicit deepfakes
- By Tuesday morning, searching for Taylor Swift on X was working again and returning normal results
- The platform had blocked searches for her name after concerning AI-generated deepfakes portraying her nude and in sexual scenarios started circulating
- It's unclear where the deepfakes originated from, but they included a watermark suggesting they came from a website known for fake celebrity nudes
- In response, Swift's fans mass reported the images and flooded the hashtag “Taylor Swift AI” with positive messages