Making one
Creating a fake sexual image of you without your consent is a crime. So is offering or agreeing to make one.
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An AI fake of you is a crime in Florida. You can sue the person who made it or shared it.
The image does not have to be real. It has to look like you.
Florida law covers sexual images that were faked or edited to look like a real, identifiable person, and it gives you a civil claim against the people who made or shared them. Federal law makes posting one a crime. Talk to us before you decide anything. Please do NOT send us the images; we do not need them to have that conversation.
- Based on current Florida and federal law
- Please do NOT send us the images
- Under 18 in the images? Go to the police, not to us
Florida law
What counts as a fake
Florida’s law covers any image that has been edited, generated, or altered to show a realistic version of you nude or in a sexual act you did not take part in. You count as identifiable if someone could recognize you by your face, your likeness, or another distinguishing feature such as a birthmark.
Asking for one
Asking someone to make a fake of you, knowing it will be a fake, is a crime.
Sharing one
Posting, sending, sharing, or advertising a fake of you, or holding one in order to share it, is a crime.
A label does not help them
Every separate act counts on its own. A disclaimer inside the image saying you did not consent, or did not do what is shown, is not a defense.
Florida law
Your civil claim
Florida law gives you a civil claim against the person who made the fake and the person who shared it: a court order to stop, money damages of $10,000 or your actual losses, whichever is more, and your attorney fees and costs. If the harm reached you in Florida, Florida law applies even if the person is somewhere else.
Why it matters to call now
The law does not spell out its own filing deadline, and the clock can start earlier than you would expect. That is why it is important to contact us as soon as you can, save everything you have, and work with an attorney before anything is filed.
Start a free, confidential case review or call (561) 455-4455. Please do NOT send us the images.
Every figure on this page is what the statute allows. What a case is worth depends on the evidence, who the defendant is, and what a court or jury finds. No outcome is guaranteed.
Florida law
The website has 48 hours. We make the request.
Florida requires covered websites to have a removal process and, once they receive a valid request, to remove the fake within 48 hours and make reasonable efforts to remove known copies. The request can come from you or from someone acting on your behalf.
We prepare and submit the request, document when it was sent, and track the 48 hours. The law gives you no claim of your own against the website; its duty is enforced by the state.
Federal law
Posting a fake is a federal crime too
The federal TAKE IT DOWN Act makes it a crime to knowingly post an AI fake of an adult online without consent. That is separate from your civil claim.
What counts
A fake made or altered with software, machine learning, or AI that a reasonable person could not tell from a real image of you.
The offense
Knowingly posting it online without your consent, where the posting causes harm or is meant to.
Threats
Threatening to post a fake of you, to intimidate, coerce, extort, or cause distress, is also a crime.
Same consent rule
Agreeing to have an image taken is not consent to post it, and sharing it with one person is not consent to that person posting it.
Which claims fit your case is the first thing a free, confidential case review answers. You can also call (561) 455-4455.
Deepfake law in Florida, questions answered
Short answers, based on current Florida and federal law.
Yes. Under Florida statute 836.13, creating a fake sexual image of a real, identifiable person without consent is a crime, and so is asking for one or sharing one. The image only has to look like a realistic version of a real, recognizable person.
Yes. Florida law gives you a civil claim against the person who made the fake and the person who shared it, for a court order to stop, $10,000 or your actual losses, whichever is more, and your attorney fees and costs.
Yes. The civil claim reaches the person who shared or posted the fake, not only the person who created it.
No. Florida law says a disclaimer inside the image stating that you did not consent, did not take part, or did not do what is shown is not a defense.
Yes. Florida’s definition includes an image with computer-generated body parts shown as yours, and federal law covers images created with software, machine learning, or artificial intelligence.
Yes. Florida’s definition includes an image that shows another person’s nude body as if it were yours, as long as you are recognizable.
Florida gives a covered website 48 hours after a valid request, and federal law has the same 48-hour rule. We submit the request, document it, and track the deadline as part of the case.
Yes. The federal TAKE IT DOWN Act, at 47 U.S.C. 223(h), makes it a crime to knowingly post an AI fake of an identifiable adult online without consent where the posting causes harm or is meant to. Threatening to post one is also a crime.
Save the threat and do not answer it. Threatening to post a fake is a crime under federal law, and the threat itself is evidence. If you are in immediate danger, call 911. Then contact us.
If the harm reached you in Florida, Florida law treats it as a Florida offense. Whether a Florida court can reach an out-of-state person in a civil case is a separate question that depends on the facts, and it is one we look at in your case review.
The law does not state its own deadline, and the clock can start when the image was first posted rather than when you found it. Bring every date you have, and do not assume you have years.
The other claims
Our main page covers real images that were shared, stolen, or sold, and the federal civil claim.