Misinformation, deepfakes, and legal risks Modern technology makes it easy to create convincingly realistic fake videos (deepfakes) or to splice unrelated footage so that it appears to involve a public figure. These fabrications can be weaponized for extortion, harassment, or click-driven ad revenue. Beyond fabrication, private content can be leaked without consent. Both scenarios raise legal and ethical questions: privacy violations, defamation, cyberstalking, and the distribution of non-consensual intimate images. The law in many jurisdictions increasingly recognizes these harms, but takedown and enforcement lag behind the speed of dissemination.