Deepfakes of a teacher created by students on Mastodon

The combined situation

Students at the school where you teach have created AI deepfake intimate imagery of you, typically using publicly available faculty photographs, social media, or yearbook images. This conduct violates Title IX in both directions and warrants immediate union and administrative engagement. When this scenario plays out on Mastodon specifically, removal proceeds through the statutory takedown process under 47 USC 223a combined with the scenario specific response that school cases require.

Why this combination is high risk

Federated content spreads across multiple instances through reposts and replies. Removing from the originating instance does not remove from the cached copies on every instance that federated the post. For teacher target deepfake cases, faculty photographs are typically required to be publicly accessible through the school directory, which makes them trivially available as ai generator input.

How removal proceeds

Mastodon is federated across thousands of independent instances. Removal requires identifying the specific instance hosting the content and contacting that instance's admin directly. Faculty deepfake cases benefit from union representation, contractual employment protections, and the school's strong incentive to demonstrate decisive disciplinary response.