Popular deepfake porn site now blocked in the Netherlands after OM request

A popular porn site that uses artificially manipulated sex videos can no longer be visited from the Netherlands. The Public Prosecution Service (OM) confirmed on Tuesday that an article by AD.nl stating that the Dutch IP addresses being blocked on the site called MrDeepFakes is a result of an action by the OM.

Celebrities like Olcay Gulsen and Helene Hendriks were among 20 celebrities in the Netherlands that reported MrDeepFakes to the police last year after their likeness was used in the videos, according to the AD.

The OM has been investigating the makers of the deepfake videos since last year. That investigation is still ongoing. In the meantime, the OM has requested that the website take away its servers in the Netherlands. The website went along with this request, a spokesperson for the OM stated. The website can still be visited from abroad.

The porn site contains sexually explicit videos in which Dutch politicians, singers, and presenters are depicted. The videos are made by using artificial intelligence to put the face of the victim on the body of a porn actress.

MrDeepFakes has almost 650,000 members, with some of the members paying for the videos. The website got over 200,000 views per month in the Netherlands. Although these video's have likely been uploaded by a Dutch citizen, the website is owned by a Canadian internet entrepeneur who has connections with Russian cyber criminals, according to AD. `

Uploaders on the site know that making and sharing the video's is illegal. People are warned not to speak to journalists on the site's forum.