"Combatting Deepfake Threats: Safeguarding Women in the Age of Technology"

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg apologized to families of children harmed by social media during a US Senate hearing, but the repeated apologies fail to address the inherent harm baked into social media design, particularly for children and women. Large-scale studies have shown the negative impact on young people's mental health, and the recent flood of deepfake images of Taylor Swift serves as a warning for women. The combination of artificial intelligence and social media creates a toxic environment, with AI being used to generate harmful content. Better regulation and enforcement are needed, but change will only come when tech companies perceive a threat to their bottom line.