U.S. seizes deepfake porn sites under TAKE IT DOWN Act
The U.S. Department of Justice and Department of Homeland Security seized two websites distributing non-consensual AI-generated explicit imagery on June 15, 2026, in the first law-enforcement action under the TAKE IT DOWN Act to result in a domain seizure.
The targeted domains—CFAKE.com and SOCFAKE.com—allegedly published "hundreds of thousands of deepfake pornographic images and videos of women without their consent," according to the New Jersey U.S. Attorney's Office U.S. Department of Justice. A federal judge issued a warrant authorizing the seizure after finding probable cause that both sites violated federal criminal law Department of Justice.
How the sites operated
The websites allowed users to browse content by tags including "rape," "forced," and "degradation," according to the DOJ. The platforms hosted "thousands of digitally forged images and videos depicting famous women as nude and sometimes engaged in sexual activity, without their consent" U.S. Department of Justice.
International law enforcement cooperation
The seizure involved coordination between U.S. federal authorities and Italy's Polizia di Stato – Postal and Cybersecurity Police, who initially brought the sites to the attention of U.S. law enforcement. Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said in an official statement: "These domain seizures mark a significant victory in the fight against deepfake pornography" U.S. Department of Justice.
Legal framework
The action was executed under the TAKE IT DOWN Act, which Congress enacted in May 2025 and criminalizes the non-consensual distribution of intimate synthetic media. The DOJ described the seizure as establishing a landmark precedent for prosecuting deepfake sexual exploitation at scale Bleeping Computer.
The seized domains are now offline. As of the announcement date, the DOJ and U.S. Attorney's Office had not disclosed the identity of any individual operator, filed criminal charges, or announced any convictions related to the domain seizure action.
