Deepfake intimate imagery, AI-generated images or videos that place your face in sexual contexts using source photos taken from your social media or other public sources, can be discovered through ScanErase. You do not need to have originally consented to the source photos being taken for the deepfake content to be identified. The issue is the creation and distribution of intimate content without consent, the source of the original photos is irrelevant.

ScanErase's biometric scan is specifically designed to identify deepfake content. The scan uses facial geometry matching, not pixel matching, which means it can identify AI-generated imagery that places your face in content that looks nothing like your original photos. The scan covers 2.4 billion indexed face embeddings across adult platforms, social media, general web, and dark web-adjacent forums.

After identifying content locations, ScanErase provides an exposure report that designates the content as AI-generated. The identification of deepfake content does not reduce the legal significance of the case, it may support a criminal creation charge against the perpetrator.

What to do right now

  1. Run a biometric scan immediatelyScanErase's facial geometry scan finds deepfake content that pixel-matching tools cannot.
  2. Identify the source photos used and where they are publishedConsider making public-facing photos less accessible to reduce future deepfake creation risk.
  3. Get your exposure report for all identified deepfake contentThe report designates content as AI-generated and outlines where it has been identified.
  4. File a criminal complaint with the FBI IC3Creating AI deepfake intimate content is a federal crime. Use the information from the exposure report to support your complaint.
  5. Consider restricting source photosMaking social media profiles private reduces the quality of material available for future deepfake creation.