A pharmacist from the Alega Hospital who is a key figure behind a popular Deepfake porn site is now licensed, according to the CEO of the Toronto area hospital that uses it.
Last week, the Visual Research Unit of CBC News, in collaboration with the Bellingcat open source research output and Danish Polyiken and Tjakdet publications published an investigation that found David Do, a pharmacist from the Oak Valley health network, played a prominent role in the MRDEEPFAKES.com operations.
MRDEEPFAKES, which was disconnected this month, was the most popular worldwide for Deepfake porn. The site organized tens of thousands of videos and images not agreed and sometimes violent of Deepfake of celebrities, politicians, influencers of social networks and private citizens, including Canadians.
The alleged role of Do on the site was rebuilt using web data, public records and forensic analysis of the site.
In the light of the accusations, DO is not working at the Markham Stouffville hospital and the Uxbridge hospital while conducting an internal investigation, said the president and CEO of Oak Valley Health, Mark Fam, to CBC Radio’s Radio’s Metro tomorrow Tuesday.
“He is out right now,” said Fam, without going into details about the nature of the do license.
“I want to be clear that, as an organization, we unequivocally condemn the creation or distribution of any form of violent or non -consensual sexual images,” said Fam. “We have to do our research to understand the accusations presented.”
FAM said hospital staff and patients have expressed concern since accusations against Do were public.
“Our approach at this time is to take care of our team,” said Fam.
Oak Valley’s internal researchers are working closely with the Ontario Pharmaceutical College while analyzing the accusations, he added.
The Code of Ethics of the College of Pharmacists of Ontario says that no member must participate in “any form of harassment”, which includes “show or circulate offensive images or materials.”
The University previously told CBC News that the accusations “are extremely serious” and that it was “taking immediate measures to analyze this issue and determine the necessary actions that we must take to protect the public.”
MRDEEPFAKES was the most notorious website in the world for Deepfake porn not agreed until the CBC visual research team, along with the Bellingcat, Tjakdet and Politiken partners, presented the Canadian pharmacist who played a key role in the site. Support is available for anyone who has experienced sexual violence. You can access local support lines and services through this website of the Canada Government (https://bit.ly/3d1rumb) or the database of the Canada Violence Association of Canada (https://bit.ly/3ilpp67). If you are in immediate danger or fear for your safety or that of others around you, call 911.
DO has not responded to multiple requests for email by CBC News for a period of several weeks. When a reporter delivered a letter to do at the Markham Stouffville hospital, where he worked as a pharmacist for hospitalized patients on April 11, he said: “I don’t know anything about that.”
On May 5, a CBC news reporter approached do again in an attempt to interview him on his role on the website. Do told the journalist that he did not want to be recorded and that he was busy, before moving away in his vehicle.
MRDEEPFAKES.com was disconnected on May 4, just before joint investigation findings were published.
Although sharing non -consensual Deepfake porn is illegal in several countries, including Australia, South Korea and the United Kingdom, it is not a crime in Canada. Prime Minister Mark Carney promised to approve a law that criminalizes her during her federal electoral campaign.
