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AI-Generated Deepfake Celebrity Ads Surge on TikTok and Meta Platforms
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AI-Generated Deepfake Celebrity Ads Surge on TikTok and Meta Platforms

Scammers are using AI-generated deepfake videos of celebrities including Taylor Swift and Rihanna to promote fraudulent money-making schemes on TikTok and other social platforms. The ads manipulate real footage from interviews and red carpet events, using TikTok branding to lure users to third-party services that collect personal information. TikTok, Meta, and YouTube are struggling to combat the surge of convincing deepfakes, with Swift recently filing trademark applications to protect her voice from AI copycats.

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