Question 1

Someone made AI nudes or a deepfake porn video of me. Is that illegal?

Accepted Answer

In the United States, publishing it is. The TAKE IT DOWN Act covers “digital forgeries”: sexual images or videos of a real, identifiable person made or edited with AI or other software so that they look real. Knowingly publishing one without consent is a federal crime, and so is threatening to publish one to intimidate, coerce, extort or cause distress. Platforms must remove AI-generated intimate images within 48 hours of a valid request, the same as real ones. Many states have their own deepfake laws as well.

Question 2

It isn't even real. Does the law still protect me?

Accepted Answer

Yes. U.S. federal law treats a realistic sexual deepfake of an identifiable person as a “digital forgery”, and publishing it without consent is a crime, just like a real image. Platforms must remove it on request in the same way. The harm is real even when the image is not, and none of it is your fault.

Question 3

How do I get my images removed from Google or Bing search results?

Accepted Answer

Both search engines have free forms for this. Google lets you request removal of explicit or intimate images of you shared without consent, and has a separate form for fake explicit images. Microsoft’s form covers Bing. You will need the links to the pages or images. Removing a search result does not delete the image from the website itself, so also send a takedown request to the site where it is posted.

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