Scarlett Johansson is slamming trolls who superimpose faces of women in pornographic and explicit videos, known as 'deepfakes'.
Speaking to The Washington Post, the A-list actress said protecting yourself from the internet is 'basically a lost cause' and 'fruitless'.
Johansson herself has been a target for internet trolls who have put her face on a number of pornographic videos, some garnering more than a million views on porn sites.
But other woman have also fallen victim to the growing porn scam that is often done without knowledge or permission and using just Facebook photos.
Scarlett Johansson is speaking out on being a victim of 'deepfake' porn videos. One doctored porn video of her has racked up more than 1.5million views on a porn site
Using artificial intelligence, the trolls need as little as a Facebook photo to make the disturbing, life-like videos of the person.
Users on deepfake forums shared their sickening escapades over how they were keen to send the critic the videos to her Twitter and email.
'Now THIS is the deepfake we need and deserve, if for no other reason than (principle)', one user said.
Johansson says that seeking legal action against the perpetrators can prove difficult.
'I think it’s a useless pursuit, legally, mostly because the internet is a vast wormhole of darkness that eats itself,' she said. 'It’s a fruitless pursuit for me but a different situation than someone who loses a job over their image being used like that.'
Media critic Anita Sarkeesian found her face in a porn video earlier last year, which raked in more than 30,000 views on an adult-site.
Ms Sarkeesian has drawn criticism over her feminist critiques of pop culture and video games
Johansson said women, children and seniors are the most vulnerable to the internet trolls and must take be extra-vigilant protect their identities.
Trolls are taking advantage of ground-breaking video software to superimpose faces of women in explicit videos (stock photo)
'The Internet is just another place where sex sells and vulnerable people are preyed upon. And any low level hacker can steal a password and steal and identity. It’s just a matter of time before any one person is targeted,' the 34-year-old said.
Johansson said protecting yourself is 'basically a lost cause' and 'fruitless'
However, not all account need to be hacked. Some of the trolls use public photos to create the doctored videos.
International expert on crime victim rights and University of Sydney professor Tyrone Kirchengast told Daily Mail Australia the internet provided the perfect base for the growing porn scam.
'It's a technological issue where artificial intelligence can access imagery and photos that are now of course prolific online,' he said. 'These can all be placed on moving bodies of a complete stranger and distributed on porn websites.'
Professor Kirchengast said in the case of deepfake videos, the editor 'could potentially be the artificial intelligence.'
He said the link between human conduct, individuals and final distribution of the video were broken.
On that score, it could become difficult knowing who to hold accountable.
'If the creator or requester of the deepfake knows of the AI and deploys it, there's no problem identifying who is to blame.
'But if someone uploads the image online with no sexual intent and artificial took the image without their permission they could have a plausible excuse.'
Johansson says tackling the trolls legally can prove difficult because 'every country has their own legalese regarding the right to your own image.'
'While you may be able to take down sites in the US that are using your face, the same rules might not apply in Germany,' she said. 'Even if you copyright pictures with your image that belong to you, the same copyright laws don’t apply overseas. I have sadly been down this road many, many times.'
Professor Kirchengast said even removing images from the internet seems like an unrealistic alternative to combat deepfake considering it's increasingly difficult to stay off social media.
'There are basically no rules on the internet because it is an abyss that remains virtually lawless, withstanding US policies which, again, only apply here,' Johansson said.
Already in the United States, the porn scam has become a lucrative business (stock photo)
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Speaking to The Washington Post, the A-list actress said protecting yourself from the internet is ‘basically a lost cause’ and ...
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