Tiffany Salmond hits back at trolls after new deepfake images emerge online

Popular NRL presenter Tiffany Salmond has fired back at trolls after fresh sexually explicit deepfake images of her surfaced online, calling out the growing trend of digitally manipulated content targeting public figures. Salmond previously revealed she was targeted in May, when a bikini photo was manipulated using AI.

Now, the 27-year-old has spoken out again after new deepfake images taken from her Instagram were altered to depict her performing explicit acts. She condemned not only the creators of the content, but also those suggesting she was orchestrating the deepfakes herself to gain attention.

“Earlier this year, I spoke out about being the target of explicit AI-generated deepfakes - fake sexual imagery made from real photos of me, without my consent,” Salmond posted on her Instagram story.

“But what I haven’t spoken about until now is the doubt and suspicion that’s followed.

“Over the past few months, I’ve seen a continued narrative online accusing me of faking the story for attention."

Salmond said one of the biggest problems behind the disturbing online videos is the lack of understanding from people who haven’t been personally affected by the issue.

“Claiming the deepfakes were never real, and that I made the whole thing up. I stopped talking about this months ago because I’d already said what I needed to. But that doesn’t mean it stopped.

“For anyone who assumed it was a one-off, it wasn’t. The deepfakes have continued to be made and posted. The most recent deepfake (and the most explicit one yet) was shared online just three weeks ago,” she further wrote.