Reporter Spent Years Tracking Down the Man Behind a Deepfake Porn Website, then Recruited Paris Hilton to Help Expose Him (Exclusive) - AOL

Journalist Laurie Segall spent three years investigating Mr. Deepfakes, a website that hosted AI-generated deepfake pornography featuring celebrities and everyday people. The site, which drew up to 17 million monthly visitors, was shut down in May 2025 after a service provider withdrew support. Segall's investigation, which involved using AI facial recognition to identify the site's owner in Markham, Ontario, contributed to the site's closure. The investigation was documented in a 14-part docuseries, Searching for Mr. Deepfakes, which is streaming on Paris Hilton's TikTok account. Hilton, who has been a victim of deepfake abuse herself, advocates for legislation like the DEFIANCE Act to help victims take legal action against creators and distributors of such content.

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