The internet has changed the world, facilitating instant access
to vast amounts of information through a few clicks of the
keyboard, enabling the creation of public personas, making it
easier to find and connect with others, voice views, shop, and the
list goes on.
However, the mechanism by which material can easily be published
and disseminated has an insidious side – aiding those with
sinister motives to almost-effortlessly destroy the lives of
others.
One way this is done is through
revenge porn, which is where a person shares sexual images or
videos of another online, usually to demean and humiliate them.
An offshoot of this phenomenon is the
deepfake video, which is where a real picture, video or sound
bite is edited to make it appear a person is doing or saying
something they're not.
