Small businesses and consumers lose money to AI-generated deepfake scam ads on major platforms with no recourse

Small business owners and everyday consumers are being defrauded through sophisticated AI deepfake advertisements on platforms like Facebook that impersonate trusted figures and brands. Victims lose thousands in fraudulent transactions while platforms continue running these ads despite knowing about the scams, leaving users with no effective way to verify ad authenticity or recover losses. Current platform moderation and advertiser verification systems fail to catch or prevent these deepfakes at scale.