Coronation Street icon targeted in shocking deep fake porn campaign | Soaps [Video]

Long-suffering Abi Webster (Sally Carman) is to be hit with a new torment in a hard-hitting new Coronation Street storyline, as she falls victim to deepfake porn.

The vulgar crime sees the false imagery of targets superimposed into sexually explicit videos using AI.

Next month, a video is sent anonymously to Tyrone Dobbs (Alan Halsall), and it shows Abi seemingly in a sex video.

Incredibly realistic, the fake video will leave Abi – and her loved ones – horrified.

Metro.co.uk understands that a trigger points comes via a face from her past, and it will kick start a dramatic story for Abi and Kevin (Michael le Vell).

The motivation behind the horrifying campaign and the long term consequences remain to be seen, but Coronation Street is seeking to spear-head the issue in the latest awareness raising plotline.

Outgoing producer Iain MacLeod, who has since taken up a promoted role that oversees …