数字伪造在 DoorDash 司机 Henderson 指控遭性侵后迅速扩散，其原视频获得数千万次观看并在 11 月 10 日其因“非法监视”相关的两项 E 级重罪被捕后再次引爆舆论。警方否认其性侵指控，并称涉事男子因酒精而失去意识。算法推动的二次传播引发大量错误信息。深度伪造随后出现，其中至少 19 个 AI 视频盗用黑人创作者 Larose 的脸部与形象，并与机器人账号重复相同脚本，制造看似“黑人支持者”指责 Henderson 的假象。这些账号此前已多次使用其肖像，被举报后才被平台移除。
数字“黑脸”与生成式 AI 的结合呈现系统性增长趋势。AI 工具（包括 Sora 2 与 Veo）让制作种族化内容更廉价、更快捷，出现伪造黑人女性“使用 SNAP 福利争吵”等内容，引发虚假社会恐慌。平台算法推动这类“愤怒诱饵”视频跨 TikTok、Instagram、X 与 Reddit 蔓延，并放大刻板印象。监管行动滞后，尽管 OpenAI 表示禁止冒充与欺诈行为，仍需依赖违规后删除内容。类似 Cambridge Analytica 案揭示的数据操纵结构被复制：匿名账户利用种族化形象推动特定政治叙事并提高互动率。
黑人创作者开始反制，包括发起版权侵权诉讼并要求获得类似名人肖像权的保护。2025 年 5 月生效的 Take It Down Act 将非自愿性影像（含 AI 伪造）定为犯罪，但执行不足。专家指出，当前问题属于结构性：平台默认允许 AI 生成内容快速扩散，而缺乏前置筛查机制。倡导者认为，仅靠企业自律不足，需更强立法与集体行动以遏制数字黑脸与深度伪造造成的长期伤害。
Digital forgery escalated after DoorDash driver Henderson alleged sexual assault, with her TikTok accumulating tens of millions of views before her November 10 arrest on two class-E felony charges related to unlawful surveillance. Police dismissed the assault claim, saying the man was unconscious from alcohol. Algorithmic amplification accelerated misinformation, and deepfakes soon emerged. At least 19 AI videos hijacked Black creator Larose’s face, synchronized with a bot account repeating identical scripts to fabricate the illusion of “Black commentators” condemning Henderson. The bot had used her likeness in at least 10 prior videos and was removed only after mass reporting.
Digital blackface, intensified by generative AI, is expanding rapidly. Tools such as Sora 2 and Veo enable low-cost racialized content, including fabricated clips of Black women “arguing about SNAP benefits,” triggering false moral panics. Platforms’ engagement-driven algorithms spread these rage-bait clips across TikTok, Instagram, X, and Reddit, reinforcing stereotypes. Platform responses remain reactive: despite OpenAI policies banning impersonation and fraud, enforcement relies on takedowns after harm occurs. The pattern mirrors Cambridge Analytica–style manipulation: anonymous accounts deploy racialized personas to push political narratives and boost engagement.
Black creators are fighting back through copyright-based legal claims and demands for protections comparable to celebrity likeness rights. The Take It Down Act, effective May 2025, criminalizes nonconsensual intimate imagery, including AI deepfakes, but lacks robust enforcement. Experts argue the crisis is structural, rooted in platform design that enables rapid distribution of AI-generated content without pre-screening. Advocates say that corporate policy is insufficient and that stronger legislation and coordinated public action are necessary to curb digital blackface and long-term harms from deepfake proliferation.