Faking It: Deepfake Porn Site’s Link to Tech Companies

Bellingcat, with STRG_F, investigates MrDeepFakes, a large deepfake pornography marketplace linked to the harassment of journalist Patrizia Schlosser, detailing the platform’s vast reach and promotion of AI tools like Deepswap (tied via Hong Kong entities with connections cited in Nexgo financial reports) and Candy.ai (owned by Malta-based EverAI). The report highlights opaque ownership, cryptocurrency and PayPal monetization, affiliate marketing placements, and data collection practices subject to Hong Kong/China legal access, alongside recent app store actions and advertiser removals. It situates these findings within the rapid growth of non-consensual deepfakes, the risks to privacy and security, and emerging regulatory responses in the EU and UK.