Its a big bad world of technology and the internet intertwined when it comes to churning fake news. With the advancement of machines and software, it is now possible to make something earlier never thought of. Now fake porn videos and sex videos are being shared online with the technology of deepfakes. A deepkfake video uses artificial intelligence and can make anyone do or say anything. A person's video can be morphed on something else and thus fake xxx videos are being circulated as blackmail. What is ‘Deepfake Video?’ Know Everything About the Face Swap AI Technology, Will Fake News be Uncontrollable?

There have been several victims to this technology, including some celebrities. Using deepfakes, a person's face or image is cut and morphed on a different body in a way that you can barely understand any difference between the two. But because you know, it is not you, that's the only proof. These doctored sex tapes are being used as ways to threaten and extort money from women. There are dozens of fake sex-tapes that are being circulated online. Scarlett Johansson was a victim of a deepfake sex-tape that was leaked online. Feature in Naughty America Porn Videos as Company Promises to Insert Customers Into 'XXX' Scenes Using Deepfakes.

Watch Video of How Deepfakes are Used to Morph Women's Faces in Porn Videos

This evolving technology now almost controls the lives and future of many, just through a few clicks. Face swap became a popular feature of social media application called Snapchat, which instantly allowed you to swap faces any person. An extension of the same is being done in video formats, wherein a computer program finds common features in two faces and stitches them over one another. Depending upon the quality of the video it is very difficult to trace if its a fake or doctored video.

The trend has entered sex videos and in fact, there are online forums where users request to insert certain women in a particular sex video. The creators can make money by fabricating these sex videos which are then used as a blackmail tool. The damage for a victim caught in a fake sex video is too severe and it is something cannot even be controlled. It is even more difficult to control or police the internet in general. Deepfakes are becoming realistic and misused as a tool for blackmail too often.

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