Jenna Ortega emotionally expressed her horror at receiving AI-generated explicit images of herself as a child on social media, calling it 'terrifying' and 'corrupt.' She remarked, "Did I like being 14 and making a Twitter account because I was supposed to and seeing dirty edited content of me as a child? No. It's terrifying. It's corrupt. It's wrong." This impact deeply affected her perception of social media.
Recalling her early experiences, Ortega revealed that her first direct message upon joining Twitter at age 12 was an unsolicited explicit image, stating, 'One of the first - actually the first D.M. that I ever opened myself when I was 12 was an unsolicited photo of a man's genitals, and that was just the beginning of what was to come.' This illustrates alarming trends in online harassment.
Ultimately, the continuous exposure to explicit content led Ortega to delete her account after years of discomfort, stating, 'It was disgusting, and it made me feel bad. It made me feel uncomfortable. Anyway, that's why I deleted it, because I couldn't say anything without seeing something like that.' Her experience highlights the negative impacts of toxic online environments.
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