Vicky Pattison releases own sex tape on social media for shock documentary
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Reality star Vicky Pattison has taken the bold move of faking her own sex video in order to investigate deepfake porn. The Geordie Shore star has produced and directed the scenes in which her own face has been digitally added to the body of an actress. The TV star resorted to the drastic measure as part of a Channel 4 documentary which sets out to investigate the proliferation of deepfake porn and the impact it has on women and girls. She admits she “wrestled with the decision” for a long time before accepting that the video in which she seems to appears “may live online forever”.
The practice of deepfakes, in which individuals are digitally made to look as though they are taking part in pornography despite never having done so, is the latest way in which women can suffer sexual abuse online, with victims often left traumatised. Vicky, who got married this summer to clothing brand manager Ercan Ramadan, said she made the video to “fully immerse herself in this world, and properly understand the depth of shock and violation victims of image-based abuse feel”.
“I am hugely passionate about women’s issues, and have found myself increasingly disturbed by how prevalent the problem of deepfake porn is becoming,” she explained. “This is just the latest trend in the abuse of women and having met some of the inspirational women who have put their lives back together after being victims of sexually explicit deepfake abuse, I feel more strongly than ever that we need to stand with them and continue to put pressure on the greater powers within the government to catch up with the speed at which this technology is advancing.”.
