Twitch star Imane “Pokimane” has spoken out in opposition to netizens who use AI to create inappropriate photos of her and “extraordinarily younger” individuals on social media. On January 19, 2026, X consumer @yoxics shared a two-minute-12-second video, by which the Moroccan-Canadian persona mentioned the latest social media pattern of individuals eradicating others’ garments utilizing AI.
Pokimane elaborated on how the utilization of AI for inappropriate content material affected her by mentioning the 2023 controversy, throughout which Brandon “Atrioc” made headlines after followers found he paid for deepfake photos of widespread feminine streamers, together with her.
She stated:
“Can I vent? As a result of I’m so sick and bored with seeing this pattern the place persons are actually eradicating different individuals’s garments utilizing AI. That is coming from somebody who has skilled this type of factor since I used to be 17 years outdated. However, at the least, once I was 17, individuals did not have AI; they only had Photoshop, so it seemed actually whack. And sadly, three years in the past, I had absolutely the displeasure, going by means of an expertise the place one other male streamer was caught publicly having paid for inappropriate AI content material of me, in addition to a number of different individuals.”
The Twitch streamer then said that whereas she didn’t talk about the matter “in an effort to not deliver additional consideration to those issues,” Pokimane expressed her perception that issues have “gotten worse” as a result of netizens on a “sure platform” had been distributing inappropriate photos of “extraordinarily younger” and “absolutely lined up” individuals:
“In an effort not deliver additional consideration to those issues, I have a tendency to not discuss it, and it is clear to me that this has solely gotten worse, particularly as a result of there is a sure platform that’s not solely permitting these photos to be freely distributed, however actually has a built-in software that enables individuals to create it. And when this primary occurred to me, to be utterly sincere with you, I might assume to myself, ‘Oh properly, that is simply because I used to be in a male-dominated trade. God forbid, a woman received a recreation, comes with the territory, blah blah blah blah.’ Truthfully, some fairly victim-blamey stuff.”
Pokimane added:
“However now it is clear that it is rather a lot a widespread subject. Persons are doing this to people who find themselves absolutely lined up, sporting hijabs, people who find themselves extraordinarily younger, and I’m simply shocked on the lack of progress that we’ve got made.”
Pokimane says she has spent “hundreds of {dollars}” to take away inappropriate content material that includes her produced by means of AI
The video continued with Pokimane saying that laws governing AI-generated content material “looks like a snail” compared to the development within the expertise. Moreover, she claimed to have spent “hundreds of {dollars}” to take away inappropriate content material that includes her that was created utilizing AI.
Pokimane said:
“Laws looks like a freaking snail compared to the torpedo that’s expertise and AI. I’ve spent hundreds of {dollars} eradicating inappropriate content material of myself on-line, whereas the price of creating these items is comparatively cheap and solely getting cheaper. And, at the least, I’m very, very privileged to have the sources to take action, however I’ve gotten so many feedback from younger individuals saying that they’ve classmates who’re making inappropriate content material of them, and distributing it to others. And from a private perspective, it is actually jarring to see inappropriate images of your self even when they are not actual. It pains me that there are individuals who assume that this ought to be okay or is not an enormous deal.”
Pokimane garnered consideration on January 7, 2026, when a video went viral by which she opened up about her expertise courting “broke” and “multi-millionaire” males.
Edited by Aarnesh Shrivastava
