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Sam Cole
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![[Kristin] Woelfel told me in a call that she often thinks about how targets of non-consensual intimate imagery abuse are blamed, or told they shouldn’t have shared an image, posted a photo, or attempted to have a public life if they didn’t want to be abused. “I think it's a very valid question to ask why schools are so unprepared,” she said.
“It's always sort of been something that you could attribute to a ‘moral failing’ of the victim—unfairly, obviously. But you know, with deepfakes, I really have to wonder if the reason people think this is new is because you can't blame somebody for their own suffering,” Woelfel said. “I have to wonder if the reason why it feels new, and why people feel so bewildered by it is because it can happen to literally anybody: young, old, high-profile figure or not. You can't blame somebody for it anymore, and you never should have in the first place.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:pt47oe625rv5cnrkgvntwbiq/bafkreig4i64ej2ui5szf4w7bwfz5bxbahjh5ic7kfmkneullsqaqdrck6m)