I’ve been deepfaked: What do I do?
ESET outlines steps for deepfake victims: preserving evidence, using platform reporting tools, and legal remedies like the US TAKE IT DOWN Act and StopNCII.org.
ESET published a how-to guide for people who discover deepfakes of themselves, covering evidence preservation, platform-specific reporting on Google, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, and X, and escalation to publishers or data protection regulators. It notes the US TAKE IT DOWN Act criminalizes non-consensual intimate imagery (NCII) and requires 48-hour takedowns, while UK and EU laws add creation offenses and GDPR Article 17 erasure rights. Services like StopNCII.org and TakeItDown.NCMEC.org hash images so participating platforms such as Meta, TikTok, Reddit, and X can find and remove matching copies.
- TAKE IT DOWN Act criminalizes NCII distribution in the US and mandates 48-hour platform takedowns.
- UK Data Act and Online Safety Act criminalize NCII creation; EU AI Act to ban NCII-generating systems.
- StopNCII.org and TakeItDown.NCMEC.org hash images so participating platforms automatically remove matching content.
- Platform reporting flows differ; victims should explain exactly why the AI-generated content is deceptive or harmful.
- Products
- StopNCII.orgTakeItDown.NCMEC.org
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