The network still appears to be active as of now, and many more women may end up victimized by users of the service without ever knowing. What’s more, at least 680,000 women had their likenesses stolen from social media and used by the bot. Sensity found that nearly 101,000 members were using the service by the end of July 2020 and that most of the users were based in Russia and Eastern Europe. This service wasn’t limited to a small group of customers, either. According to a poll taken by the bot, most users were interested in deepfakes based on people they knew versus celebrities. Have more questions on deepfakes? Tap or click here to see Kim’s in-depth coverage.Īll images generated by the bot were watermarked, so users would need to pay a fee in order to download them without one.
