Instead of finding new ways to elevate voices who are not white and/or already wealthy, the internet has continued to find ways to make women in 2023 feel unwelcome in digital spaces.
Popular in January Twitch streamer Brandon “Atrioc” Ewing accidentally revealed it that he watched deepfake porn during a live stream. The site he visited had a similar format to OnlyFans: various content creators could create their own pages and require visitors to pay a subscription fee to view their content. Ewing not only watched deepfake porn (where people’s faces are transformed into existing pornographic content), but also deepfake porn of his female colleagues – who he is friends with in real life.
After accidentally revealing it himself, Ewing tearfully apologized and left the streaming service until March he reappeared to reassure people that he’s working hard to combat the porn, which he himself apparently saw at least this one time. “A week after the event, the first thing I did was telegraph Morrison Rothman [an LA-based law firm] about $60,000 to cover every woman on Twitch who wanted to use her legal services for DMCA takedowns or reputation management,” he said during the stream. My city confirmed with the company that Ewing had indeed sent the advance.
But Ewing’s efforts couldn’t completely erase it Aftermath of such a terrible violationor deny the fact that women face different levels of control, hate and harassment online than men.
Ewing’s actions also served as a reminder that sometimes the call comes from inside the house and the men you know are the worst of all. Ewing is back to posting and streaming regularly because cancel culture is a myth and everything sucks. — Alyssa Mercante, senior editor
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