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FBI agent explains how easy it is to ID people posting AI porn without consent

Ars Technica AI May 26, 2026
FBI agent explains how easy it is to ID people posting AI porn without consent
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# AI Deepfake Porn Is Easy to Trace—and Arrests Are Already Happening The FBI recently arrested two men for illegally posting fake sexual videos and images of real women made with AI, showing that law enforcement doesn't need sophisticated tools to catch these criminals. The men simply posted their content on adult websites using obvious hashtags and titles, making them easy to find and identify. One 20-year-old alone created over 100 albums of fake sexual images featuring about 50 real women—including celebrities, politicians, and people from his high school—before getting caught.

The earliest arrests under the Take It Down Act (TIDA) suggest that cops don't have to work too hard to identify people illegally posting and selling nonconsensual sexualized deepfakes of women online. Last week, the FBI arrested two men after visiting porn websites and clicking on hashtags like #AI

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