Remove Deepfake Porn of You: A Creator's Action Plan

• Copy every URL, including the page and the direct file link if you can see it.
• Screenshot the page with the date visible.
• Note the uploader's username and any account they link to.
• Search your stage name plus words like "AI" or "fake" to find copies.

You don't need to watch the thing in full. You need a list. Platforms and police both work faster with one, and once a page comes down, your proof goes with it.

Does a DMCA work on a deepfake?

Sometimes, and it depends on what was used to make it.

Copyright protects photos and videos you created. If the fake was built from your own content, say your face lifted from a paid set, or your body with someone else's face pasted on, your copyrighted material is in there. A DMCA notice is a fair route, and many hosts treat it that way.

If the fake was generated from scratch, or built from a stranger's footage with only a vague resemblance to you, copyright gets shaky. You may not own anything in it. Sending a DMCA there can get you a rejection, which wastes days you don't want to waste.

The good news is you don't need copyright for most deepfakes. Nearly every major platform and search engine now has a separate policy for non-consensual intimate imagery, and synthetic images count. Those reports ask whether you consented, not who owns the pixels. For a quick background on how the notice system itself works, the US Copyright Office's section 512 page is the plain source.

How to remove deepfake porn from search results

Most people find a deepfake through search, so cutting the search trail is often the biggest win.

Google has a dedicated request for removing involuntary fake or synthetic intimate imagery. When a request is approved, Google also tries to filter similar results and duplicates from showing up for searches on your name. That second part matters more than people realise, because the copies are usually the real problem.

Bing has its own process for non-consensual imagery too. Neither search engine deletes the file from the site hosting it, but delisting means someone typing your stage name no longer trips over it. Our guide to Google removal covers the forms and what each one needs from you, and if you would rather not fill them in yourself, our team handles Google and Bing delisting as part of protection.

Getting it off the site itself

Search delisting hides it. Removal at the source kills it. Work through these in order:

1. The platform's own report tool. Mainstream sites, social networks and most tube sites have an option for non-consensual or synthetic intimate content. Use that wording, not "copyright".
2. The host. If the site ignores you, the company hosting it usually has an abuse address and its own rules.
3. A DMCA, where your content was used. Point to the original set it came from.

If the deepfake sits on a profile pretending to be you, it is an impersonation problem as well. Report the account for that too, because impersonation reports often get a whole profile pulled rather than one post.

What the law says where you live

This is moving fast, so check current rules, but here is the rough picture:

• US: The TAKE IT DOWN Act makes publishing non-consensual intimate images, including AI-generated ones, a federal offence, and requires covered platforms to remove them within 48 hours of a valid request. Many states have their own deepfake laws too.
• UK: Sharing a sexually explicit deepfake of someone without consent is a criminal offence under the Online Safety Act. You can report it to the police, and the Revenge Porn Helpline can help with removals.
• Australia: The eSafety Commissioner handles image-based abuse, including fakes, and can order removals.
• EU and Canada: Rules vary by country and province, but platforms in the EU face duties under the Digital Services Act to act on illegal content reports.

You don't have to involve police to get content removed. It is your call, and either choice is valid.

Stop the real images being misused next

Deepfakes are often trained on real photos. If you have intimate images you worry about, StopNCII lets you create a hash, a digital fingerprint, on your own device. The image itself never leaves your phone, and partner platforms use the hash to block matching uploads. It won't catch a brand new fake, but it closes the door on your genuine content being reshared.

Where Creator Lighthouse fits

We can't promise any fake disappears for good, and nobody honest can. What we do is the boring, relentless part: daily scans for your name and images, reverse image matching to spot reposts built from your content, takedowns sent in our name so your real identity never reaches a pirate site, Google and Bing delisting, impersonation alerts and StopNCII guidance. You review every notice before it goes, unless you switch autopilot on.

It is one plan at GBP 19.99 a month, with no per-takedown fees. Start with the 3 day free trial: a card is taken at checkout, and the first payment lands on day four unless you cancel before then.