The combined situation

DeepSwap is the highest traffic general purpose face swap service. It markets itself for entertainment but is widely used to overlay identifiable faces onto explicit source video and imagery. When DeepSwap output appears on Yandex, removal proceeds through the statutory takedown process under 47 USC 223a combined with source attribution to strengthen the legal claim.

Why this combination is high risk

DeepSwap is the most commonly cited face swap tool in deepfake celebrity NCII cases since 2023. The high quality output makes content particularly damaging. On Yandex specifically, yandex images has historically had weaker filtering than google or bing, and surfaces results that are deindexed elsewhere. this makes yandex a critical second pass for any ncii removal effort.

How removal proceeds

Yandex accepts removal requests through its abuse contact at copyright@yandex-team.ru. Yandex Images is particularly important because it indexes adult content that Google and Bing exclude. Source attribution to DeepSwap is documented through deepswap outputs display characteristic edge blending around the jaw and hairline, with subtle temporal flickering in video output, which strengthens the takedown notice and supports parallel legal action.