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The use of AI-generated deepfakes, synthetic media, and automated traffic tricks to create convincing fake endorsements and dangerous redirects.
The widely circulated claim that Dr. Phil or Dr. Oz has a “cure” for type 2 diabetes is false: multiple fact-checks and digital-forensics experts have identified AI-generated deepfake ads and scam lan...
Regulators have used a mix of enforcement actions, guidance, rulemaking, and cross‑jurisdictional cooperation to combat fake celebrity endorsements for health products: the U.S. Federal Trade Commissi...
No credible evidence shows Oprah Winfrey endorsed Prozenith in online videos; multiple news outlets, consumer watchdogs and ProZenith’s own statements describe the clips as fake or AI-generated and Op...
NCMEC’s CyberTipline separates consensual adult material from potential child sexual abuse material (CSAM) through a legally grounded, multi-step process that combines statutory definitions, platform-...
A surge of AI-generated images, audio and video has supercharged a long-running problem: fake celebrity endorsements for supplements and “miracle” cures that are often scams or deceptive ads . Consume...
Consumer review sites listing products with celebrity names without verified endorsement is a documented and persistent problem, but publicly available sources do not provide a single, reliable metric...
in health-product ads are a growing, documented threat that uses celebrity or clinician likenesses onto fraudulent claims designed to . Consumers can spot them by combining technical checks (visual/au...
and in intimate or sexual situations—such as images of the two “cuddling in a bed” or of Trump “unbuckling Clinton’s pants”—are not supported by the authenticated photo record released by archives and...
Deepfakes and other AI‑generated endorsements have become a tool in a growing class of weight‑loss supplement and drug scams that piggyback on the GLP‑1 craze, using fabricated celebrity videos and ph...
AI systems separate sexualized-but-legal imagery from child sexual abuse material () by combining content classifiers that detect sexual content with age-estimation modules, hash-matching of known ill...
Federal and state law now treat the nonconsensual sharing of intimate images as criminal and civilly actionable conduct, with the new TAKE IT DOWN Act creating federal criminal penalties (fines, manda...
AI-generated celebrity endorsements have become a core tool in online weight‑loss scams: fraudsters use deepfake images and synthetic video or audio to create convincing “testimonials” that lure consu...