fightthenewdrug.org
2026-06-19
A single photo can be turned into a fake nude in seconds. Discover the growing deepfake crisis affecting teens and how parents can protect their kids.
Artificial intelligence is changing the internet faster than most families, schools, and laws can keep up. For many parents, "deepfake" still sounds like something from a futuristic crime show: a fake celebrity video, a political hoax, or a scam that targets adults. But for today's kids and teens, AI-generated deepfakes are already appearing in group chats, classrooms, dating apps, gaming communities, social media feeds, and school hallways.
And increasingly, the target is sexual exploitation.
Deepfake technology can now take an ordinary photo from Instagram, TikTok, a school website, a sports roster, a yearbook, a FaceTime screenshot, or a family post and use it to create a very realistic-looking sexual image or video of a real person. These images are not "just fake." They can be a form of image-based sexual abuse, harassment, bullying, blackmail, and in many cases, child sexual abuse material, aka "child pornography."
And they're being created and shared everywhere.
We aren't trying to panic parents, but we do need to understand the scale of the problem, talk to kids before a crisis happens, and create a safety plan for what to do if their child is targeted, pressured, or pressured to participate.
What is an AI deepfake?
Teens Created 347 Sexual AI Deepfakes of Classmates by fightthenewdrug.org
The Alarming Rise of Deepfake Porn and Its Devastating Effects by fightthenewdrug.org