Thu 8 Feb 2018 05.25 EST Last modified on Thu 8 Feb 2018 05.26 EST Social news site Reddit has banned its nearly 100,000-strong "deepfakes" community, the original source of face-swapped celebrity pornography. Reddit is where the deepfakes wave began, with one user manually creating the first AI-created video clips. When a second Redditor built a desktop app to do the same thing, the community began to grow rapidly, approaching 90,000 members at the time of its deactivation. In a statement, the company said: "Reddit strives to be a welcoming, open platform for all by trusting our users to maintain an environment that cultivates genuine conversation. "As of February 7 2018, we have made two updates to our site-wide policy regarding involuntary pornography and sexual or suggestive content involving minors.