ManhattanTwelve sites used 1,200 people’s faces without consent.
The same pipeline targets private women and schoolchildren, unprotected by any prosecutor.
The DA seized the domains under a 2023 deepfake law meant for counterfeit goods, not AI.
The office reaches only sites hosted from Manhattan, not the models producing the images.
How each outlet framed it
- 404 Media
- documents largest-ever seizure scale (12 sites, ~1,200 victims); extends victim framing to domestic violence cases beyond celebrities
Sources: 404 Media