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NCADA's public responses to incidents, sentencing outcomes, and policy developments in the fight against deepfake abuse.
April 9, 2026 · Annika Raj, Founder
The Law Works. The First Federal Conviction Under the TAKE IT DOWN Act.
NCADA welcomes the first federal conviction under the TAKE IT DOWN Act as proof that the legal infrastructure survivors fought to build is now operational, and we urge the court to impose a sentence that reflects the severity of what James Strahler II did to his victims in Columb…
April 6, 2026 · Annika Raj, Founder
148 Incidents. 10 Critical. A Crisis in Numbers.
NCADA's incident database has now reached 148 verified deepfake abuse incidents across the United States, and by scoring every one of them on a five point severity scale, we can say with certainty that this crisis is concentrated at the top — where the most egregious cases receiv…
April 6, 2026 · Annika Raj, Founder
NCADA Condemns Probation-Only Sentence in Lancaster Country Day School Deepfake Case
NCADA condemns the sentencing outcome in the Lancaster Country Day School deepfake case as a failure of proportionality that sends a dangerous signal to every potential perpetrator in the country — that manufacturing hundreds of pieces of child sexual abuse material targeting doz…
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