Faking It, Michael Grothaus
Faking It, Michael Grothaus
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Faking It
A journey into deep fake pornography

Author: Michael Grothaus

Narrator: Michael Grothaus

Unabridged: 3 hr 11 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Coronet

Published: 08/25/2022


Synopsis

Seeing is believing, but what happens when you can't believe your own eyes? It's time to go down the rabbit hole...

Imagine watching yourself on screen. Seeing your own face, but knowing it's not you. Imagine if someone you didn't know, or worse, someone you did know, could put your face anywhere, make it say or do anything. With deepfake technology, they can. And like most things on the internet, it was made for pornography. Whether you're a celebrity, a porn actor, an ex-girlfriend or just a next-door neighbour, it could happen to you.

Journalist and author Michael Grothaus has spent years researching and writing about the dark side of the internet, from online trolls and pornography to sex-trafficking. This is his quest to pull back the curtain on deep fake pornography. Who's making it? Who's affected by it? Who's trying to stop it? And what happens next?

(P)2022 Hodder & Stoughton Limited

About Michael Grothaus

Michael Grothaus is a novelist and journalist. Having got his start over 20 years ago writing for Screen, his work has since appeared in Fast Company, VICE, the Guardian, Litro Magazine, The Irish Times, Quartz, and others. His debut novel Epiphany Jones, a story about the alienating aspects of the internet and sex trafficking among the Hollywood elite, was longlisted for the John Creasy New Blood Dagger Award in 2017. Trust No One is his first non-fiction book.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Jilly

How could I not love a romance novel that has the couple's first sexual encounter be an absolute disaster? There was no magic, or multiples, or insta-love. It was awkward, not fun, just-waiting-for-it-to-be-over, fake-orgasm sex. They had gluten-free pizza sex. With pineapples and anchovies. That bad......more

Goodreads review by Anna

I loooove this book. Jenny Crusie is a goddess and a scholar and I will not hear any differently. Faking It is the story of con artist Davy Dempsey - younger brother to Sophie Dempsey, from Welcome to Temptation - and Matilda Goodnight, born to a family of art forgers. Jenny’s books always have an ama......more

What if someone wrote a Harlequin Romance while dropping acid? I'm pretty sure this book would be the result. Jennifer Crusie, whose known for her quirky romance novels, outdoes herself with this tale. Who else would create a heroine who has to fake an orgasm with the hero the first time they have s......more

Goodreads review by Lois

My favorite Crusie, who is my favorite contemporary romance writer, smart and witty. I am wanting a lot of analgesic fiction this week, so I am rereading a bunch of Crusie and Krentz (who is my Crusie-methadone go-to). Crusie never seems to write quite the same book twice, and so is much more limited......more