Female streamers are reacting after popular male streamer Atrioc was caught watching and paying for X-rated deepfake videos of them. Atrioc took to Twitch to issue a tearful apology after a video posted on January 30 “exposed” one of his browser tabs as being for a deepfake site. After further investigation, it was determined that the website in question sells pornographic videos and pictures of many public figures, including female Twitch streamers. While he claims it was all a misunderstanding, the women involved are devastated.
On a stream on February 1, Atrioc claimed he ended up on the site after clicking on an ad and that he didn’t watch the videos of the female streamer to violate them. Instead, it was to satisfy his “morbid curiosity.”
His apology livestream, which he filmed with his wife Arianna in the background, was full of excuses. “I was on a regular-ass normal website and there was an ad, there’s an ad on every f***ing video for this f***ing… And I know other people must be clicking it because it’s on every f***ing video,” Atrioc said on Twitch. “I click it and I’m f***ing in this f***ing rabbit hole and at 2 a.m. [And] I f***ing, I dunno I got morbidly curious and I click something. It’s gross, it’s gross and I’m sorry, I really am, I really f***ing am. I just really want to get it to go out there it’s not a f***ing pattern of behavior. There is no excuse for it. I’m not defending it in any way, I think this whole category of stuff is wrong.”
One of the streamers involved spoke out on the deepfakes
One of the female Twitch streamers involved in the scandal, QTCinderella, planned to pursue legal action against the company that created the deepfake content. “To the person that made that website, I’m going to f***ing sue you,” she said in a response video. “I promise you. With every part of my soul, I’m going to f***ing sue you. That’s all I have to say.” She added on Twitter that being subjected to this kind of violation “should not be a part of this job.”
Another female Twitch streamer, Pokimane, also voiced her disapproval for this horrific practice. She tweeted: “Stop sexualizing people without their consent. That’s it, that’s the tweet.”
Making deepfakes of anyone, whether it’s a female streamer, a celebrity, or even someone you know in your real life, is a violation and should be punishable by heavy fines and even jail time. When will people learn that women’s bodies do not exist for male consumption and profit?
I want to scream.
Stop.
Everybody fucking stop. Stop spreading it. Stop advertising it. Stop.
Being seen “naked” against your will should NOT BE A PART OF THIS JOB.Thank you to all the male internet “journalists” reporting on this issue. Fucking losers @HUN2R
— QTCinderella (@qtcinderella) January 30, 2023
The amount of body dysmorphia I’ve experienced since seeing those photos has ruined me.
It’s not as simple as “just” being violated. It’s so much more than that.
— QTCinderella (@qtcinderella) January 31, 2023
stop sexualizing people without their consent.
that’s it, that’s the tweet.
— pokimane (@pokimanelol) January 31, 2023
