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# For Fact’s Sake podcast: Why is deepfake porn so harmful?
- URL: https://www.theferret.scot/for-facts-sake-podcast-why-is-deepfake-porn-harmful/
- Published: 2023-05-18T10:22:52.000Z
- Updated: 2025-10-17T14:22:01.000Z
- Author: Paul Dobson
- Tags: Fact Checks, #davesutton2gmail-com, Podcast, deepfake, factcheck, For Fact's Sake, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2025-10-15 12:08, #older_unmetered

On episode 9 of the For Fact’s Sake podcast, Ali spoke to Sophie Maddocks, a researcher and digital rights advocate from the University of Pennsylvania, about the rise of so-called ‘deepfake’ pornography.

Sophie explained the technology behind deepfake porn, how accessible it is, why politicians have not tackled the issue, and the harms caused by image-based sexual abuse.

Also on this week’s pod, Ali explains misleading images of crowd sizes at the King’s coronation and on Paul’s Curiosity Corner we discuss a Telegraph column which attacked the foundations of the fact checking profession.

[![podcast](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2d/e2/2de2844d-80a7-4c7b-8025-6f1f39724aa6/content/images/2025/10/screenshot-2023-05-18-111719.png)](https://player.captivate.fm/episode/87855f74-794d-4cf6-aba1-f9938d0906ff?ref=theferret.scot)