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New York Seizes a Dozen Celebrity Deepfake Websites

2026-09-14 · WIRED

Manhattan DA just pulled off the biggest legal smackdown on deepfake sites ever, seizing 12 websites that used AI to generate fake celebrity content targeting around 1,200 victims. Nothing says 'technology of the future' quite like needing law enforcement to shut down AI-powered exploitation at scale.

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