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Taylor Swift was no longer searchable on X Saturday amid her AI photos scandal.REUTERS
Look what they made X (the app formerly known as Twitter) do.
Earlier in the week, graphic AI images of Taylor Swift went viral on the social media platform and now, X users are being met with an error message upon searching her name.
It’s not yet clear whether the two events are related, but the timing is certainly suspicious.
Renderings featuring the 34-year-old billionaire flooded X this past week, showing the “Cruel Summer” songstress in various sexual scenarios at boyfriend Travis Kelce’s Kansas City Chiefs game.
As soon as the images started going viral, the singer’s diehard fans came to her defense, begging people not to share them.
Swift is reportedly “furious,” too, and she’s considering taking legal action, a source told the Daily Mail Thursday.
When fans went to search for the singer on the social media app over the weekend, they were met with an error message. Twitter/X“Whether or not legal action will be taken is being decided, but there is one thing that is clear: These fake, AI-generated images are abusive, offensive, exploitative and done without Taylor’s consent and/or knowledge,” the insider said.
“The Twitter account that posted them does not exist anymore. It is shocking that the social media platform even let them be up to begin with,” the source added.
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Listen to our weekly “We Hear” podcast Subscribe to our daily newsletter Shop our exclusive merch“Legislation needs to be passed to prevent this, and laws must be enacted.”
The change on X came just days after fake and provocative AI images of the singer went viral online. Getty Images In a number of the “deepfakes,” Swift could be seen in sexual scenarios at boyfriend Travis Kelce’s Kansas City Chiefs game. GC ImagesThe 34-year-old singer has not yet publicly addressed the scandal, but her fans have been flooding X with positive messages about her in an attempt to fight back against the images known as “deepfakes.”
“people sharing the ai pics are sick and disgusting. protect taylor swift at all costs,” one fan tweeted about the images that show the singer in provocative poses.
“using ai generated pornography of someone is awful and inexcusable. you guys need to be put in jail,” another fan wrote of the person or persons behind the offensive snaps.
Following the release of the photos, a report claimed Swift may take legal action. AP The singer is reportedly “furious.” GC Images“Protect Taylor Swift” also trended on the platform Thursday morning.
Page Six reached out to both X and Swift’s teams, but we did not receive immediate responses.
The X account that first shared the AI images has since been made private.
