{"id":54083,"date":"2026-05-04T11:00:37","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T15:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newamerica.org\/?post_type=insight&#038;p=54083"},"modified":"2026-05-04T10:15:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T14:15:08","slug":"four-ways-to-protect-yourself-from-the-deepfakes-taking-over-the-internet","status":"publish","type":"insight","link":"https:\/\/www.newamerica.org\/insights\/four-ways-to-protect-yourself-from-the-deepfakes-taking-over-the-internet\/","title":{"rendered":"Four Ways to Protect Yourself from the Deepfakes Taking over the Internet"},"author":13,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","issue_tax":[78],"topic_tax":[64,108,111,116],"program_tax":[147],"project_tax":[],"person_tax":[575],"podcast_show_tax":[],"insight_type":[3849],"fellowship_tax":[],"award":[],"class_list":["post-54083","insight","type-insight","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","insight_type-the-thread"],"acf":{"details":{"hero_type":"small-image","abstract":"Deepfakes are now being widely used online\u2014even by the government. 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On blurry security camera footage, a dog pushes an infant out of the path of a falling chandelier. A clip of a showdown between Superman and <i>The Boys\u2019<\/i>s Homelander makes you do a double-take and a quick Google search for a crossover that doesn\u2019t exist.\r\n\r\nYou\u2019re scrolling on TikTok, but something seems off. None of this content is real.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From political campaigns embracing the use of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/video\/2026\/03\/02\/flood-of-ai-generated-ice-videos-risks-undermining-trust-in-real-footage-experts-warn\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">synthetic media<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to everyday users wielding powerful generative-AI tools, America is being <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.resemble.ai\/learn\/deepfake-incident-database\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">dragged relentlessly<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> into a new reality: one where anyone can generate fake videos and images that spread quickly over social media with just a click, and where the voice you\u2019re talking to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/spectrum.ieee.org\/real-time-audio-deepfake-vishing\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">might not be real<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2014even if you\u2019re communicating in real-time.\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The ability to spread fake content isn\u2019t new. Airbrushing and photo editing have existed for decades, and videos have long been <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/articles\/PMC7406872\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">used to spread propaganda<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and lies. But today, deepfakes can be anywhere and everywhere online. When George Orwell warned us against questioning the evidence of our eyes and ears, did he envision a world where that evidence might be a lie?\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The rapid diffusion of advanced deepfake technology <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.californialawreview.org\/print\/deep-fakes-a-looming-challenge-for-privacy-democracy-and-national-security\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">threatens our privacy<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, political stability, and democratic norms by casting doubt on everything we see online. Deepfake <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/deepstrike.io\/blog\/deepfake-statistics-2025\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">fraud and scam attempts<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> have surged, with certain already vulnerable groups <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.naag.org\/attorney-general-journal\/protecting-the-public-and-vulnerable-groups-from-fraudulent-scams-on-social-media\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">most at risk<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. One report found that deepfake fraud cost over <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2025\/digital\/news\/deepfake-fraud-caused-200-million-losses-1236372068\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">$200 million in financial losses<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the first quarter of 2025 alone. Fakes showing unsavory or illegal behavior can be used to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenation.com\/article\/society\/deepfake-ai-algorithm-racism\/#\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">unjustly accuse<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> individuals of all kinds of crimes. And <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newamerica.org\/insights\/a-weapon-against-women-in-politics\/\">women are disproportionately<\/a> at risk of having damaging <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2026\/03\/1167174\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">deepfaked pornographic images<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> created of them without their consent.\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Schools and other institutions are <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/cdt.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-09-26-final-Civic-Tech-Fall-Polling-research-1.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">struggling to address<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> this rise in deepfaked non-consensual <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newamerica.org\/insights\/taylor-swift-ai-deepfake-social-media\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">intimate imagery<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which makes up the majority of deepfakes online. Federal agencies and governing bodies have released guidelines on <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/pages.nist.gov\/800-63-4\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">digital identity proofing<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gao.gov\/products\/gao-24-107292\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">authentication and detection technologies<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. And there\u2019s still plenty of terrain left unexplored.\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On social media, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/isthisAI\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">requests to help identify<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> deepfakes have soared as the average person\u2019s online feed becomes clogged with AI-generated \u201cslop.\u201d Every day it becomes harder to recognize deepfaked content in our everyday lives. One <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.security.org\/resources\/deepfake-statistics\/#statistics\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">McAfee survey<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> found that most people don\u2019t think they could tell the difference between a real and cloned voice, and in practice, people are <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S2451958824001714\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">poor at identifying<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> deepfaked content. As the technology matures, the lingering forensic tells are being iterated away.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So we can\u2019t guarantee a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/academic.oup.com\/pnasnexus\/article\/4\/7\/pgaf194\/8209913\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">positive ID of a digital fake<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2014but nor can we afford to throw up our hands. Practicing <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newamerica.org\/insights\/staying-safe-from-online-fraud\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">basic cybersecurity<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and online hygiene still goes a long way: Protect your passwords, use multi-factor authentication, avoid suspicious links, and don\u2019t share sensitive information online. It\u2019s worth looking for common visual cues and maintaining a level of healthy skepticism above all else. Although institutions will need to create guardrails around fair and safe AI use, there are tactics individuals can take to guard themselves and their loved ones online.\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<b>1) Examine content carefully. <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Although AI-generated deepfakes without visual tells are on the rise, it\u2019s still worth checking for the obvious signs. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.media.mit.edu\/projects\/detect-fakes\/overview\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MIT suggests<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> looking out for odd lighting without a clear source and for unusual shines. Most deepfakes are of human faces, and AI models still often struggle with the finer details of human hair and skin texture. A guide by <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aba.com\/about-us\/press-room\/press-releases\/ABA-Foundation-and-FBI-Joint-Infographic-on-Deepfake-Scams\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the American Bankers Association and the FBI<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> notes blurry or distorted facial features, strange lip movements or blinking, or audio-visual mismatches as potential signs of deepfaked media. Sometimes backgrounds are nonsensical, text is unintelligible, or the depiction doesn\u2019t follow the normal rules of physics. Sometimes it\u2019s unlikely something could have been photographed from the angle it appears.\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Research shows that while deepfake detectors are better at identifying faked images than humans, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/article\/ai-models-deepfakes\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">people are still better<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at detecting deepfaked videos, and that people get better at identifying deepfakes when they\u2019re <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/inoculation-helps-people-spot-political-deepfakes-study-finds-273739\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">primed for it<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2014either with an explanation or hands-on practice. That\u2019s where <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/detectfakes.kellogg.northwestern.edu\/pre_experiment_survey?next=intervention\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">deepfake detection sites<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> can come in handy to help you practice and improve. Deepfake <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ischool.berkeley.edu\/news\/2024\/hany-farid-unveils-new-deepfake-detection-company-getreal-labs#:~:text=Hany%20Farid%20Unveils%20New%20Deepfake%20Detection%20Company:%20GetReal%20Security,-From%20WIRED\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">detection software<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> can also explore geometric inconsistencies or visual noise in an image or video to try to assess whether it\u2019s real.\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<b>2)<\/b> <b>Pay attention to context clues.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Caution still goes a long way. Receiving an unexpected phone call? Stop and think before picking up if you don\u2019t recognize the number. Reverse image-search suspicious images. Does something just feel off<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">or too good to be true? It probably is.\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some kinds of communication\u2014like political content or hot-button issues\u2014should be given an especially close look. An example is the current war with Iran, where <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2026\/03\/14\/business\/media\/iran-disinfo-artificial-intelligence.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">cinematic AI videos<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> showing the destruction of U.S. troops and allies have been deployed as propaganda tools. Assess the kind of response the content is meant to evoke. Is there an urgent appeal meant to stoke your emotions or impose a ticking clock for action? Scams, deepfaked or not, often rely on your fear and split-second decision-making\u2014so give it some thought before you react or repost.\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<b>3) Verify sources and claims if you can.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Nothing\u2019s trustworthy in a vacuum, but there\u2019s always another source to try. See a shocking political video? Check if other credible outlets are reporting the same thing, and trace back their sources. Get an unexpected, alarming text? Try to contact the sender on another platform. Come up with code words with close family and friends. Before you respond to that phone call or voicemail with an urgent financial ask from a friend, try to confirm it\u2019s really them through text, email, or in person. Be wary of spending a cent on a big-ticket item, like a car or rental property, before viewing it in person.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<b>4) Know what to do if you\u2019ve been targeted.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Deepfakes are easy to fall for by design\u2014and some kinds of abuse, like non-consensual nudes, can take place without any interaction at all. If you\u2019re the victim of a cybercrime, you can file a report at the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ic3.gov\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Internet Crime Complaint Center<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (IC3) run by the FBI. If you find deepfaked intimate content online, reach out to the platform or site owner; many have terms of service that may require them to take the content down. Report crimes to law enforcement, and seek legal advice\u2014including from local legal aid organizations\u2014to understand which laws in your location can protect you. Other organizations, like the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/cybercivilrights.org\/ccri-safety-center\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cyber Civil Rights Initiative<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, exist to support you if you\u2019re not sure where to go.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As technology develops, the potential for error or fraud becomes clear. Systems change, some more quickly than others. Individuals have to adapt.\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s time for us all to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gao.gov\/products\/gao-24-107292\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">adapt to a reality<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> where visual or audio evidence can\u2019t always serve as proof of anything\u2014by using our judgment, practicing good digital hygiene, and always remaining skeptical in a world where the truth can be credibly faked.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>","":null,"drop_cap":false,"anchor_id":""}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_add_component","_acfe_flexible_toggle":null},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_authors","_acfe_flexible_toggle":null,"component_authors":{"":null,"anchor_id":""}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_taxonomies","_acfe_flexible_toggle":null,"component_taxonomies":{"":null,"anchor_id":""}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_related","_acfe_flexible_toggle":null,"component_related":{"":null,"anchor_id":""}}]},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.1 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Four Ways to Protect Yourself from Deepfakes and AI Scams<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Deepfakes are now being widely used online\u2014even by the government. 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