Deepfake images

Tech platforms are now required by US law to remove deepfake nudes. Here’s how you can request a takedown.

Indicator reviewed the removal flows for 16 different platforms

How "Cheater Buster" websites use fake info and dubious claims to trick people into paying

Indicator found an ecosystem rife with spurious claims, fake products, and AI-generated cheaters

San Francisco's city attorney sued the operators of 22 AI nudifiers. He wants others to step up, too.

David Chiu, San Francisco's top lawyer, speaks to Indicator

‘Digital desecrations’: when deepfakes are used to mock tragic deaths and what platforms should do about it

Synthetic videos of Renée Good are the latest form of technology-facilitated dehumanization

Taking an AI nudifier to court: A conversation with the lawyer suing ClothOff

“They shouldn't be out there. They shouldn't be operating," said Shane Vogt, the lawyer for a teenage plaintiff

Meta ran 4,000 more ads for AI nudifiers. That may not be the worst part.

The company is making it easy for the advertisers to conceal their identity

How good are generalist AI tools at identifying public figures in videos?

I tested seven of them. One came out on top.

Briefing: AI chatbots gone wild and tips for investigating X and VSCO

Plus: a US academic explains why he's done with researching misinformation

AI Nudifiers continue to reach millions and make millions

Our exclusive analysis estimates that the nudifier economy may be worth up to $36 million a year

May 30 Briefing: X Community Notes goes down and new tool fools running apps

Your must reads and must tries on the digital deception beat this week

OpenAI says "f**k it, we're doing impersonation now"

OpenAI wants a cut of the deepfake disinfo market; TikTok job-bait accounts target would-be emigrants; and Meta is still running ads for AI nudifiers

California's law mandating disclosure of election deepfakes was struck down

Plus: Russian hackers targeted users of AI nudifiers, and Meta AI is probably not good enough to be dangerous

Bombay High Court strikes down India's government fact-checking, Pixel's "Reimagine" lights the UN on fire, and X's NCII takedown requests get audited

Google reimagines deceptive photo editing

The Pixel 9's Reimagine feature is a disinfo delight. Plus: Facebook's AI single parent cops drive a content farm and Telegram's channels for undresser apps reach hundreds of thousands