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koltai.bsky.social
Senior researcher & Trainer @Bellingcat.com Investigating explicit non-consensual deepfakes/AI and disinfo w/OSINT "I am a doctor, but not that kind of doctor."
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Even when I expect nothing, I'm still disappointed. Twitter/X is supposed to prohibit non-consensual nudity (as even indicated in this email from them), but when I flag Twitter accounts that sell/provide this very service, it does not violate their policy.

Open the schools!

Finally, something RFK Jr and I can agree on.

This is ridiculous. The removal of fluoride products and supplements is only going to hurt children's teeth. Why not allow parents and dentists to make the decision for themselves? The whole antivax argument is that it's the 'parents' choice' but removing fluoridated products removes that choice.

"Grok, remove her clothes" I spoke with @nlopeztrujillo.bsky.social at Newtral about how Grok is nudifying images of women in-thread on X/Twitter. A completely unacceptable feature from a major social media platform. www.newtral.es/grok-desnuda...

New from Bellingcat - How deepfake videos are getting mainstream coverage in the conflict between India and Pakistan www.bellingcat.com/news/rest-of...

All jokes aside, there's a issue in WA state btwn the Catholic church and a law that goes into effect July 27. It requires that priests report suspected child abuse, even if it was shared in confessional. The church says if you do this, you'll be excommunicated. www.newsweek.com/catholic-chu...

This is not Neil deGrasse Tyson talking about booty/jiggle physics in GTA 6. This is AI.

Woke Pope!

I don’t think the conclave passed the bechdel test :/

White smoke! White Smoke! Newpopenewpopenewpope

Spoke with CBC for their exposé on the now-deleted deepfake porn website Mrdeepfakes: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

From pharmaceuticals to creating explicit deepfake imagery of famous women... Here's how our team unmasked a key figure behind one of the world's largest deepfake pornography websites 👇🏻

Our latest investigation, with @tjekdet.dk , @politiken.dk and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) reveals the real identity of the man behind Mr Deepfake, the notorious site where non-consensual deepfake pornography is published www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/05...

Absolutely incredible investigation by the team @bellingcat.com, TjekDet, Politiken, and CBC that uncovered the identity of the owner of the most prominent deepfake sexual abuse site. This feels like the beginning of justice for victims. I am grateful 🙏 www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/05...

Big story from @bellingcat.com this morning, working with @tjekdet.dk CBC and @politiken.dk to identify a key administrator behind MrDeepfakes -- one of the largest providers of non-consensual deepfake pornography in the world

🚨 The identity of the man behind MrDeepFakes, one of the largest, if not the most popular, platforms for deep fake celebrity pornography, is finally revealed. A must read!

We did it before, we’re doing it now, and we’ll do it again. Big thanks to @beaudonelly.bsky.social @conplnk.bsky.social @koltai.bsky.social @charleymaher.bsky.social @merelzoet.bsky.social @galen.reich.me.uk

THREAD: As India launches strikes against Pakistan tonight, misinformation is rapidly spreading online. I'll fact-check viral falsehoods in this thread. This video, viewed over 660,000 times, shows Israeli air strikes on Gaza in October 2023. It's unrelated to Indian strikes tonight.

It's like "Katy Perry at the Met Gala" is becoming the new Pope AI litmus test. Again, AI gen photos of Katy Perry attending this year's Met Gala went viral, thousands of people believing them. These are better than last year's fakes. This is a problem.

Thanks for the shoutout @emanuelmaiberg.bsky.social! I flagged this issue yesterday. It's a pretty sad state of affairs what is happening on Twitter/X. This is what happens when you don't know how to run a social media company.

On Twitter/X, users have figured out prompts to get Grok (their built in AI) to generate images of women in bikinis, lingerie, and the like. What an absolute oversight, yet totally expected from a platform like Twitter/X. I've tried to blur a few examples of it below.

ICYMI, I spoke to BBC's Consumer Fight Back on AI image generation scams. They even ordered some of the AI products to see what showed up! No big surprise, the items were nothing like the images.

This was an amazing surprise to see yesterday. Arguably, the most popular platform for deepfaked non-consensual pornographic videos is being shut down! Good riddance, MrDeepFakes! Hopefully this will start a cascade of other sites being shut down?

"Aborted fetus debris" would be a great punk rock band name.

I've been thinking a lot about this and I'm honestly torn. Like everyone else, I want victims of NCII (AI or otherwise) to have protections and the power to remove content of themselves on the internet, but there is also the potential for misuse of the bill, overreach from those in power.

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PhD Timeline xkcd.com/3081