First up was Ben Shapiro, who described Tucker Carlson and others as grifters and charlatans, guilty of misleading their audiences with falsehoods and conspiracy theories.
According to the Federal Trade Commission, imposters posing as government agencies were one of the top reported scams in the Arizona, costing consumers more than $20 million in 2025.
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Miguel Torres,
AZCentral.com,
26 Jan. 2026
And when stuck in this uncomfortable space, people who feel like impostors are likely to become defensive and feel pressured to be a hero.
The frauds have grown nearly in lockstep with the growth of the industry.
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Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
11 Jan. 2026
There is absolutely no evidence that frauds of this type or anywhere near this scale are happening in any of the other four states, or frankly that there is a large volume of as-yet-undiscovered fraud in Minnesota itself.
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New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
7 Jan. 2026
The overwhelming motive for the early fakes was to provide entertainment — about three-quarters of the images in the exhibition were created for this purpose, Rooseboom said.
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Lianne Kolirin,
CNN Money,
5 Feb. 2026
The flurry of non-consensual deep fakes produced on the platform prompted outrage and concern across the globe.
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