DOJ seizes CFAKE, SOCFAKE deepfake nude sites under TAKE IT DOWN Act
Summary
The U.S. Department of Justice seized two websites, CFAKE.com and SOCFAKE.com, that hosted nonconsensual AI-generated nude images and videos of women, marking the first major enforcement action under the TAKE IT DOWN Act. Deepfakes (AI-generated or AI-manipulated media depicting people in ways that never occurred) of politicians, celebrities, and other public figures were shared on these sites, and the seizure resulted from a coordinated investigation involving U.S., Italian, and French authorities. The TAKE IT DOWN Act, signed into law in May 2025, makes it a federal crime to publish sexually explicit altered images without consent and requires online platforms to remove reported intimate images within 48 hours.
Solution / Mitigation
The TAKE IT DOWN Act (47 U.S.C. § 223) requires online platforms to remove reported intimate images and deepfakes within 48 hours of receiving a valid request from a victim. Violators are subject to fines, imprisonment, or both.
Classification
Original source: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/doj-seizes-cfake-socfake-deepfake-nude-sites-under-take-it-down-act/
First tracked: June 15, 2026 at 08:00 PM
Classified by LLM (prompt v3) · confidence: 85%