Deepfake Videos Impersonate Optometrist to Promote Eyedrops on TikTok

# Deepfake Videos Impersonate Optometrist to Promote Eyedrops on TikTok

https://gcdradar.vercel.app/incidents/deepfake-videos-impersonate-optometrist-to-promote-eyedrops · AIR-2025-0075 · closed 2025-07-29

- Lane: Breaches & attacks
- Severity: 3 (Confirmed exploitation)
- Fix status: No fix needed
- First reported: 2025-07-15
- AI role: AI-enabled attack
- Products: TikTok

## Summary

Scammers used AI-generated deepfake videos to impersonate an optometrist on TikTok, promoting unverified eyedrops and misleading followers. The videos resurfaced on the platform after initial takedowns.

## What to do

No action recorded; read the sources below and the vendor's advisory.

## Latest updates

- 2025-07-15: Purported Deepfake Videos Allegedly Impersonated Optometrist Joseph Allen to Promote Myopia-Reversal Eyedrops on TikTok (https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1455)

## Sources

- 2025-07-15 AI Incident Database: Purported Deepfake Videos Allegedly Impersonated Optometrist Joseph Allen to Promote Myopia-Reversal Eyedrops on TikTok https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1455

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