Scenario · 5 minutes · Free

What would you do if a deepfake of you started spreading?

It's 7:34 PM on a Thursday. Your phone buzzes nine times in a row.

Class Group Chat · 34 members 7:34 PM

"yo is that u???"

"this is wild 💀"

[Video attached · 00:14]

Saved to group · 34 views in 2 min
You open it. It's you — your face, your voice — saying something you never said. It's not real. But it looks real. And everyone in your grade is watching it right now.

What do you do?

Reply right now — tell them it's fake play → Screenshot everything before anything disappears play → Tell a parent or adult you trust play → Say nothing — hope it dies down play →

Each choice branches the story. One path leads to the video dying, one leads to it going wider. Play and see which is which.

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Why this scenario is real in 2026

One open-source face-swap model, one 30-second clip of anyone's voice from their TikTok, and the output looks believable on a phone screen. Research from Northwestern Kellogg shows humans detect AI-generated faces and voices only slightly better than a coin flip. Teens are now being targeted both for reputation harm (class pranks, bullying) and for sextortion (fake explicit imagery as blackmail).

50%
human accuracy detecting deepfakes (Kellogg 2025)
1 in 5
teens experienced sextortion in 2025 (FBI)
14-17
age range of 90% of financial sextortion victims

The first 10 minutes matter

  1. Screenshot first. Everything. Usernames, timestamps, the video itself. Evidence disappears fast when a group realizes it's a deepfake.
  2. Don't fight in the chat. Emotional replies accelerate spread. "Lol it's fake" often reads as confirmation it's not.
  3. Tell an adult. A parent, a counselor, a teacher — anyone you trust. Even if you're embarrassed. Especially if you're embarrassed.
  4. Report to the platform. Snapchat, TikTok, Instagram all have explicit deepfake/non-consensual imagery reporting. Use it immediately.
  5. If the content is sexual, stop everything and report to the NCMEC CyberTipline at 1-800-843-5678 or report.cybertip.org. This is sextortion and it's taken seriously by law enforcement.

For parents reading this

Full parent guide: Deepfake Scams Teens Fall For (And How to Spot Them). Covers detection limits, recovery pathways, and what to say to a teen who just got targeted.

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