pat781•23d ago

My uncle's face showed up on a fake ad for a weight loss pill

I was scrolling through a local news site last week and saw a video of him, looking slimmer, talking about some miracle supplement. I did a reverse image search and found the same clip used for three other fake products, all with different faces pasted on. How do you even start to explain to family that their face is being used like this?

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emery29022d ago

Honestly, I'm with zarat38 on this one. Is it even a big deal? Your uncle's face is on the internet, it was bound to get used somewhere. My cousin's old profile pic ended up on a meme about bad haircuts and we all just laughed. Unless they're using his name or he's losing money, it's just weird internet noise. Trying to get it taken down sounds like a huge hassle for what's basically a spam ad nobody will remember tomorrow.

the_leo23d ago

That's so messed up. Did you check if the original video is from a real interview he did, or is it a completely fake clip they built from scratch? Figuring out the source might help with getting it taken down.

zarat3822d ago

Eh, it's probably not even real.