Eric Szeto
Senior reporter with the CBC's Visual Investigations Unit who conducted the on-the-ground reporting in Toronto, tracked down and confronted the alleged operator of MrDeepFakes.com.
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Mar 10, 2026 • 35min
Episode 4: The Fake Porn Pharmacist
Eric Szeto, a CBC Visual Investigations reporter who tracked and confronted the alleged operator of MrDeepFakes, takes listeners through the on-the-ground hunt in Toronto. He describes in-person confrontations, a long stakeout, tracing travel and an Airbnb, and the immediate shutdown of the site. The episode also covers legal gaps, proposed laws, takedown tradeoffs, and the ongoing threat of easy deepfake tools.
