DOJ Seizes Deepfake Porn Domains CFAKE.com and SOCFAKE.com Under New TAKE IT DOWN Act
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Source: justice.gov ↗
For the victims whose images were distributed without their consent, the harm is not virtual — it is deeply personal and often enduring.
The U.S. Departments of Justice and Homeland Security seized two domains — CFAKE.com and SOCFAKE.com — that hosted thousands of AI-generated non-consensual intimate images depicting famous women, including politicians, royalty, journalists, and athletes. The seizures mark the first enforcement actions under the TAKE IT DOWN Act, signed into law in May 2025, which makes it a federal crime to publish AI-generated sexually explicit depictions of identifiable adults without consent. The sites allowed users to browse content by tags including "rape," "forced," and "degradation."
The investigation began after a tip from Italy's Postal and Cybercrime Police, with evidence shared with French authorities via the Budapest Convention on Cybercrime. A parallel French investigation led to an arrest in Nice on June 10, along with cryptocurrency seizures. The operation involved HSI New Jersey, HSI Rome, the DHS Cybercrime Lab, the DOJ's CCIPS, and coordination with law enforcement in France and Italy.