deepfakes

People who found themselves cloned, impersonated, or scammed by something wearing their likeness.

Voice cloning scams, synthetic images, and the slow work of proving it was not you.

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A printed video screenshot and paired comparison frame resting beside a closed folder on a kitchen table.

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A Deepfake Put Her Face in a Sex Video She Never Made

A synthetic clip spread through her hometown and reached her workplace. To get it removed, she had to explain how a real video could contain a generated face.

Theo Brand · August 9, 2026 · 7 min

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