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Whack-a-Mole: US Academic Fights to Purge His AI Deepfakes

  • John Mearsheimer is fighting to remove deepfake videos of himself from YouTube, stating this is a "terribly disturbing situation" because the videos appear real.
  • He reported that YouTube has not prevented new channels from posting these AI-generated videos.
  • After significant effort, YouTube removed 41 out of 43 channels identified by Mearsheimer.
  • Mearsheimer described the process of removing these videos as 'whack-a-mole,' indicating frustration with navigating YouTube's system.
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Whack-a-mole: US academic fights to purge his AI deepfakes

As deepfake videos of John Mearsheimer multiplied across YouTube, the American academic rushed to have them taken down, embarking on a grueling fight that laid bare the challenges of combating AI-driven impersonation.

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Live Mint broke the news in New Delhi, India on Wednesday, February 4, 2026.
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