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The 2023 Twitch deepfake scandal

Last reviewed by a human: 2026-08-28

Every woman targeted was real — that was the entire harm. The documented record, and where each of their real accounts actually are.

Were the women in the Twitch deepfake scandal real?

Yes — every woman targeted was a real person, and that is the entire harm. In January 2023, streamer Atrioc was caught on his own broadcast with a browser tab open to a site selling non-consensual, AI-generated pornography of fellow streamers; he apologized on stream and the fallout was covered by NBC News and others. None of the women below made or consented to that content. This page exists to do the opposite of what the fakes did: each name links to a documented page listing her real, verified accounts and the scams that use her name. We never link to fake content, describe where to find it, or name the sites that host it.

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Reporting at the time named other women as well; this page lists the targets our registry documents, and the names here appear protectively — as victims of the content, never as its subject. If you arrived here searching for the fakes themselves: they were made without consent, and we don't link to them, describe them, or name where they were hosted.

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What was the Twitch deepfake scandal?

In January 2023, streamer Atrioc was caught during his own broadcast with a browser tab open to a website selling AI-generated, non-consensual pornography of women streamers — colleagues and friends among them. He apologized on stream, the clip spread widely, and NBC News and other outlets covered the fallout. It became the moment that made non-consensual deepfakes of streamers a mainstream story.

Did the women involved make that content?

No — none of them. The content was AI-generated without their knowledge or consent; that is what made it a scandal. Every woman on this page is a documented real person, and each of their pages lists the accounts and businesses that actually are theirs.

Who was targeted in the Twitch deepfake scandal?

The targets our registry documents are QTCinderella — around whom the scandal broke — Maya Higa, Pokimane, Sweet Anita, Amouranth, and Valkyrae. Reporting at the time indicated other women were affected as well; we list the ones whose pages we have researched and sourced.

What happened after the scandal?

Atrioc apologized on stream. Several of the women targeted have spent the years since fighting takedowns of fakes made of them — QTCinderella most publicly — and the scandal became a reference point in the broader push against non-consensual AI content. On this site, their pages carry the practical defense: which accounts are really theirs, and which scams use their names.

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