From Snopes
Photos Do Not Show Young Kamala Harris Working as an ‘Escort’
By Nur Ibrahim
In early August 2024, social media users claimed three widely shared images showed U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris in a series of revealing outfits. Numerous captions stated these pictures showed a young Harris as an “escort.”
One caption read: “Staffers in San Francisco are coming forward stating that Kamala Harris was an escort for judges, politicians, and various powerful businessmen to sway court cases and help push leftist policies in the state...”
Snopes shared the images with Hany Farid, a professor who specialized in digital forensics and image analysis at the University of California, Berkeley. We attempted to determine whether artificial intelligence (AI) or photo editing software was used to place Harris’ head onto another woman’s body, or if any other manipulation occurred.
Farid, who analyzed both the photographs featuring the woman in black, told Snopes: “It is a pretty low-quality image, making an analysis difficult. But, I don’t find any obvious signs that the image is AI-generated. I think it is more likely that this is a cheap fake and the person just isn’t [Harris]...”
Hany Farid is a professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences and the School of Information at UC Berkeley. He specializes in digital forensics.
