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Campaigner Kate Isaacs describes the horror of seeing her face digitally edited into an adult film.

He is based in the US and rarely speaks to the media - but he agreed to talk to the BBC anonymously. But now, anyone over the age of 12 can legally download dozens of apps and make convincing deepfakes in a few clicks. I don't really feel consent is required - it's a fantasy, it's not real." She believes those behind the attacks weren't only trying to intimidate and humiliate her, but also to silence her. "With a good amount of video, looking straight at the camera, that's good data for me. "From a moral standpoint I don't think there's anything that would stop me," he says. A deepfake content creator based in south-east England, Gorkem, spoke to the BBC anonymously. But in other parts of the UK, it's only an offence if it can be proved that such actions were intended to cause the victim distress - a loophole which means video creators often don't face legal consequences. "I didn't follow any of my own advice," she says. But over the years that's changed - according to cybersecurity company Deeptrace, 96% of all deepfakes are non-consensual porn. "This panic just washed over me," Kate says, speaking publicly for the first time about what happened. One woman reveals the horror of it happening to her.