"The Guardian has identified at least 150 Telegram channels large encrypted group chats popular for their secure communication that appear to have users in many countries, from the UK to Brazil, China to Nigeria, Russia to India. Some of them offer nudified photos or videos for a fee: users can upload a photo of any woman, and AI will produce a video of that woman performing sexual acts."
"Many more offer a feed of images of celebrities, social media influencers and ordinary women made nude or made to perform sexual acts by AI. Followers are also using the channels to share tips on available deepfake tools. While there have long been Telegram channels dedicated to distributing non-consensual nude images of women, the widespread availability of AI tools means anyone can instantly become the subject of graphic sexual content viewable by millions."
"On a Russian-language Telegram channel advertising deepfake blogger leaks and celebrity leaks, a post about an AI nudification Telegram bot promised a neural network that doesn't know the word no'. Choose positions, shapes and locations. Do everything with her that you can't do in real life, it said. On a Chinese-language Telegram channel with nearly 25,000 subscribers, men shared videos of their first loves or their girlfriend's best friend, made to strip using AI."
Telegram hosts at least 150 channels and large encrypted group chats where users create, buy, and share AI-generated nude images and videos of women. Some channels offer paid nudification services where users upload a photo and AI produces sexualized videos; others distribute feeds of celebrities, influencers, and ordinary women depicted nude or performing sexual acts. Followers exchange tips on deepfake tools and bots that automate creation, enabling rapid industrial-scale abuse. Channels in multiple languages, including Russian, Chinese, and Nigerian networks, circulate intimate images, stolen nudes, and personalized deepfakes. Platform rules prohibit illegal pornographic content, but encrypted channels facilitate widespread non-consensual exploitation.
Read at www.theguardian.com
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