Fantopiamondomongerdeepfakeselizabetholsen Work May 2026

Ethically, the paper argues for a nuanced stance: fan creativity can be culturally valuable, but deepfakes of real people—especially sexualized content—raise consent, harassment, and economic-harm concerns. Policy recommendations include: platform-level takedown pathways tailored for public-figure deepfakes, consent-first community norms within fandoms, opt-in technical provenance standards, and clearer legal remedies balancing free expression and reputation rights. We also propose practical detection toolkits for platforms and researchers that combine lightweight artifact detectors with metadata provenance checks.