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Ra’eesa Baksh

Combatting the use of AI in Deepfake Pornography

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Ra’eesa Baksh is an award-winning author, professional speaker, and founder of APSOW—a social enterprise and opportunity-based network that empowers youth to pursue entrepreneurship through their passions and interests. She has published over four books across genres including self-help, holistic wellness, and children’s education, collaborating with youth entrepreneurs, holistic practitioners, and small business owners. Her passion for making a meaningful impact through writing and public speaking is evident in her work, both on the page and on stage. Ra’eesa has shared platforms with leading motivational figures such as Raymond Aaron, James MacNeil, Bob Proctor, and Jack Canfield, delivering keynote addresses to audiences of over 500. Her work and message have been featured on Filipino TV, Facebook Live, and several podcasts.

A strong advocate for equity and student leadership, she previously served as Vice-President of Equity at the Toronto Metropolitan Students’ Union, representing over 50,000 undergraduate students.

Currently pursuing an Honours Bachelor of Arts in Professional Communication at Toronto Metropolitan University, Ra’eesa is also a delegate for The Creative School, having traveled to Germany and the United Kingdom to explore creative technologies and media innovation. Driven, insightful, and deeply committed to youth empowerment and safety for all.  She works within the intersections of education, management, and public speaking.

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It takes $2.99 to ask for a deepfake picture and video of your friend, celebrity, fantasy person, and one website to host this service. A website that produces harmful fake images of this now vulnerable person. Deepfakes are pieces of split AI synthesized material called GANS or Generative Adversarial Networks which work by using two different machine-learning models with opposing goals, training one another. Deepfake Pornography is harmful to the victim and to the user, over 96% of deepfake pornography is non-consensual and the easy-to access is dangerous. This paper is inspired by the different case studies regarding deepfake pornography and its effects on our current society when it comes to gender violence and harm for women and children through image-based sexual abuse. Companies like X, Facebook, and Telegram are now giants in the space with very little conditions and protections making this research question how conglomerates see and question the value of users. This research touches on the attitudes of how different parties view deepfake pornography and intends to educate the reader on the offences caused by deepfake pornography. It also goes into how deepfake can be prosecuted and also questions whether countries like Canada have enough in its policy and laws to prosecute psychologically damaging activities.

 

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