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r/deepfakes

Banned · February 2018 · ≈90,000 subscribers

Reason

Non-consensual AI face-swap pornography

Context

Coined the term 'deepfake'; banned Feb 7, 2018 under the involuntary-porn policy.

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Vice — Reddit Just Shut Down the Deepfakes Subreddit
News2018