A short while back, Elon Musk, the head honcho at X, formerly Twitter, predicted a potential downturn in Taylor Swift‘s social media popularity post her Time’s Person of the Year accolade. However, it turns out that Swift is still causing a stir, but unfortunately, for all the wrong reasons. In a concerning and downright creepy trend, explicit AI-generated images of Taylor Swift started circulating on X. The creator of these images remains in the shadows, but they represent a reprehensible and unfair breach of Swift’s autonomy.

Swifties, as per their usual dedication, rallied on the platform to show support for Taylor Swift. Fans of the singer mobilized quickly, flooding the “Taylor Swift AI” trending topic with unrelated content to bury the explicit images. Many fans, viewing the dissemination of AI pictures as a violation, prompted other Swifties to drown out the deep fake content by inundating social media with videos from the singer’s Eras Tour. They also filled the platform with numerous reports against the explicit images.

Posting fake, nonconsensual content is morally indefensible, even when it involves celebrities. Numerous high-profile women in the entertainment industry, including 23-year-old TikTok star and actress Addison Rae, have encountered similar deceptive content. This kind of occurrence mirrors the unfortunate history of personal photo leaks celebrities have experienced due to hacks, highlighting the deeply distressing nature of such content.

Even though there is no specific federal crime that addresses AI-generated explicit content, Swifties are taking matters into their own hands and doing whatever is within their power to protect Taylor Swift. 

Taylor Swift fans defend the songstress by clogging the trending tab 

While some are using AI to bring back memories of late golden stars, others are exploiting it to a highly distasteful degree. This was not even the first time Taylor Swift has been under the threat of AI. Just a few days ago, an AI-generated video surfaced featuring Swift’s likeness endorsing a fake Le Creuset cookware giveaway, tricking some fans into falling for the scam. However, Swifties have got her back. 

Fans also clamored for repercussions against those behind this trend and are calling for the imprisonment of those responsible.

Numerous clips from the Eras Tour also flooded the platform under the same tag.

Across social media, there was a sense of celebration and unity among Swifties for successfully drowning out the offensive trend. Although Taylor Swift has not yet responded to the deep fake explicit, her fans were enough to bury the offenders way under the flood of social media.

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