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title: "Manhattan DA seizes a dozen celebrity deepfake websites"
url: https://www.parallelquant.com/posts/manhattan-da-seizes-a-dozen-celebrity-deepfake-websites-2d93d0
source_name: "WIRED"
source_url: https://www.wired.com/story/new-york-seizes-a-dozen-celebrity-deepfake-websites/
published: 2026-09-14T16:50:00.000Z
topics: ["policy", "security"]
publisher: "Parallel Quant"
---

# Manhattan DA seizes a dozen celebrity deepfake websites

*2026-09-14 · Source: [WIRED](https://www.wired.com/story/new-york-seizes-a-dozen-celebrity-deepfake-websites/)*

The Manhattan District Attorney's Office seized twelve websites that hosted non-consensual deepfake content targeting roughly 1,200 victims, described as the largest legal action ever taken against harmful deepfake sites.

**Why it matters:** It's a concrete demonstration that law enforcement can act against deepfake abuse using existing legal tools, following recent reports of deepfake sites targeting public figures with little consequence. A coordinated seizure of a dozen sites at once suggests a more aggressive enforcement posture than the piecemeal takedowns seen previously.

**Topics:** policy, security

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