# Has Instagram given up on celeb deepfakes?

- Source: The Verge
- Published: 2026-10-30T14:00:44+00:00
- Category: Tech
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A photo of Mia Goth wearing a t-shirt referencing her ex-husband Shia LaBeouf recently went viral, but it wasn’t real. The AI-generated image was posted by a fan-run Instagram account with a blue verification check, and was picked up by gossip sites and Google’s AI overview as legitimate. Has Instagram given up on fighting celebrity deepfakes? Subscribe: http://goo.gl/G5RXGs Like The Verge on Face

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