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New York Seizes a Dozen Celebrity Deepfake Websites

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New York Seizes a Dozen Celebrity Deepfake Websites

The Manhattan District Attorney's Office seized 12 websites that hosted celebrity deepfakes, affecting approximately 1,200 victims in what officials describe as the largest such enforcement action to date. The takedown targeted sites designed to create non-consensual intimate imagery of public figures.

Why it matters: Organizations and individuals should track this precedent for deepfake enforcement: law enforcement is actively pursuing operators and may apply similar strategies against other synthetic media threats affecting employees or brands.

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