Deepfake case study · Multi-modal
Users exposed to ads, Google deepfake (Apr 2025)
Google suspended 700,000 advertiser accounts due to deepfake scams, leading to a 90% drop in reports. AI was used to detect and remove fraudulent ads. Google suspended over 39 million US ad accounts suspected of…
- Incident date
- Apr 2025
- Target
- Users exposed to ads, Google
Updated May 6, 2026 · 1 min read
Google suspended 700,000 advertiser accounts due to deepfake scams, leading to a 90% drop in reports. AI was used to detect and remove fraudulent ads. Google suspended over 39 million US ad accounts suspected of fraudulent activities. Google took down 10.7 million ads from unverified accounts.