Jenna Ortega deleted X account after receiving AI-generated explicit images and harassment on social media

The actor from “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” said that such an explicit statement was “just the beginning of what was to come” on the social networking site.

According to Jenna Ortega, who formerly used Twitter, she closed her account on X after getting several sexually graphic images, including an AI-generated selfie.

At the age of 14, did it bring me joy to establish a Twitter account solely to fulfill societal expectations, and then indulge in sexy, photo-shopped images of my youth? No. That’s insane. That’s wrong. “It’s wrong,” the actor from “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” recently said on “The Interview” podcast with The New York Times.

Ortega went on to say that she had seen AI-generated childhood photos—some of which were explicit—and that one of her first direct messages on the site included an “unsolicited photo of a man’s genitals.”

“And that was just the beginning of what was to come,” she said to presenter Lulu Garcia-Navarro.

Ortega claims she once heard that keeping an account on the site was crucial for building her “image.”

However, after what she called an “influx” of messages after the premiere of the smash Netflix series “Wednesday,” she decided to deactivate her X account.

“I was already in a state of confusion, and these were ridiculous images and photos, so I just deleted them,” she said.

The Scream actress went on to say, “an unsolicited photo of a man’s genitals, and that was just the beginning of what was to come,” in response to the interviewer’s question about her first direct message (DM) when she was 12 years old.

“I used to have that Twitter account, and someone told me, ‘Oh, you have to do it; you have to build your image.'” The Emmy-nominated actor explained. Two or three years ago, I erased it because, once the show came out, there was an avalanche of these ridiculous photographs, and I was already confused enough to remove it.

The experience left her feeling guilty and disgusted, she said. It was awkward for me. In any case, I removed it because I felt compelled to say something in response to seeing it. So, I woke up one day and realized, “Oh, I’m not going to need this anymore.” I let it go to the end.

The Washington Post reports that the hurdle to creating lifelike artificial intelligence porn (also known as deepfake pornography) is at an all-time low, which is a major issue, especially for women, who are often the targets of such manipulation and harassment. Laws governing the use of artificial intelligence have been slow to respond, but the issue has already impacted Twitch broadcasters and celebrities such as Taylor Swift.