YouTube and X Have Become ‘Gateways’ to Nudify Apps
Most mainstream social media platforms have strict guidelines preventing the dissemination of nonconsensual intimate images (NCII), or sexually explicit photos and videos. But a new report finds that many social media platforms directly refer users to such content.
The report from the Institute for Strategic Dialogue (ISD), an anti-extremism and disinformation organization, analyzes the online ecosystem that enables the proliferation of so-called “nudify” apps and websites, which allow users to digitally undress people without their consent.
The study, which was published on Monday, looked at the top 10 apps and websites used to make nonconsensual explicit deepfakes, as well as how people are finding them. It found that a surprising amount of referral traffic comes not from small, poorly regulated online communities like 4chan, but from mainstream social media platforms.
According to the ISD report, social networks drove more than 5.7 million visits to nudify sites between December...
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