Coming this month, Mostly Human presents Searching for Mr. Deepfakes — a four-part investigation into the man behind the largest deepfake porn site on the internet and the real-world harm this new form of digital abuse causes. 

In 2022, Laurie Segall came across one of the most dystopian sites she’d ever seen. It was called Mr. Deepfakes and it was filled with videos of celebrities, politicians, and famous women of all sorts in these sexually graphic, often violent videos doing things they would never do. What’s worse, it wasn’t just a destination for passive viewing, it was a community, a place where users could teach, learn, and build technology explicitly designed to violate women — whether famous or not. Mr. Deepfakes wasn’t the only deepfake porn site out there, but it was by far the biggest and most influential, exposing thousands of women in the most vulnerable way. And yet the person behind Mr. Deepfakes had remained anonymous. His anonymity made him powerful and dangerous. It protected him from what little recourse the victims on his site had to get their videos taken down, to protect themselves. This isn’t just about one man, or one site, it’s about the future of consent in a world consumed by AI.  

Listen to Searching for Mr. Deepfakes starting June 4. Check out the Mostly Human Searching for Mr. Deepfakes Tik Tok series now.

Coming this month, Mostly Human presents Searching for Mr. Deepfakes &mdash; a four-part investigation into the man behind the largest deepfake porn site on the internet and the real-world harm this new form of digital abuse causes.&nbsp;
In 2022, Laurie Segall came across one of the most dystopian sites she&rsquo;d ever seen. It was called Mr. Deepfakes and it was filled with videos of celebrities, politicians, and famous women of all sorts in these sexually graphic, often violent videos doing things they would never do. What&rsquo;s worse, it wasn&rsquo;t just a destination for passive viewing, it was a community, a place where users could teach, learn, and build technology explicitly designed to violate women &mdash; whether famous or not. Mr. Deepfakes wasn&rsquo;t the only deepfake porn site out there, but it was by far the biggest and most influential, exposing thousands of women in the most vulnerable way. And yet the person behind Mr. Deepfakes had remained anonymous. His anonymity made him powerful and dangerous. It protected him from what little recourse the victims on his site had to get their videos taken down, to protect themselves. This isn&rsquo;t just about one man, or one site, it&rsquo;s about the future of consent in a world consumed by AI.&nbsp;&nbsp;
Listen to Searching for Mr. Deepfakes starting June 4. Check out the Mostly Human Searching for Mr. Deepfakes Tik Tok series now.

Mostly Human is a weekly podcast that explores technology through the most important lens: the human one. Hosted by award-winning tech journalist Laurie Segall, the immersive interview and investigative show tackles some of the defining questions of our time with headline-making tech titans and the people you don't know yet, but should. Mostly Human will leave you with a sense of agency over fear, and a clearer view of how tech can actually work for you.

Mostly Human is a weekly podcast that explores technology through the most important lens: the human one. Hosted by award-winning tech journalist Laurie Segall, the immersive interview and investigative show tackles some of the defining questions of our time with headline-making tech titans and the people you don't know yet, but should. Mostly Human will leave you with a sense of agency over fear, and a clearer view of how tech can actually work for you.

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Mostly Human is a weekly podcast that explores technology through the most important lens: the human one. Hosted by award-winning tech journalist Laurie Segall, the immersive interview and investigative show tackles some of the defining questions of our time with headline-making tech titans and the people you don't know yet, but should. Mostly Human will leave you with a sense of agency over fear, and a clearer view of how tech can actually work for you.

 

Mostly Human is a weekly podcast that explores technology through the most important lens: the human one. Hosted by award-winning tech journalist Laurie Segall, the immersive interview and investigative show tackles some of the defining questions of our time with headline-making tech titans and the people you don't know yet, but should. Mostly Human will leave you with a sense of agency over fear, and a clearer view of how tech can actually work for you.
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Coming Soon: Searching for Mr. Deepfakes

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