LancasterCloudflare supplied the “lion’s share of services” to 88 deepfake abuse sites, a study found.
These providers’ own terms often prohibit illegal content, and such imagery is a US federal crime.
Google supplied certificates and ads, Namecheap domains, WordPress publishing tools and Proton mail servers, across 88 sites found in six weeks.
Cloudflare, Proton and Namecheap have not answered requests for comment on the findings.
How each outlet framed it
- 404 Media leans critical
- exposes that Cloudflare, Google, Proton, Namecheap, and WordPress knowingly support non-consensual deepfake sites despite terms of service prohibitions, revealing corporate complicity
Sources: 404 Media