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Deepfake removal for ministries,
by the lawyer who helped draft
YouTube's deepfake policy.

Cloned sermons, fabricated prophecy, and counterfeit donation appeals in your pastor's voice, removed across YouTube, Meta, TikTok, X, and domain takedowns. Attorney-drafted filings, continuous scanning, and a monthly report your board can read.

Licensed California attorney · Cal. Bar #331214 · Former YouTube Legal Policy

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case_record · bgea Enforcement active
Billy Graham Evangelistic Association
Posthumous likeness · Global evangelical ministry
30,000+
Deepfakes removed
160M
Fraudulent views pulled
3.6d
Avg. time to removal
Pattern
AI-generated performances of the late Billy Graham in fabricated sermons and counterfeit fundraising appeals.
Surfaces
YouTube, Meta, TikTok, and the donation domains the videos pointed to.
Filed as
Deepfake, impersonation, and copyright, chosen per video. Channel-level action against the farms.
“They are exceptionally effective.” Justin Arnot · General Counsel, BGEA
— Why ministries are targeted

Your audience acts on your words. That is exactly why they clone them.

A pastor with a decade of recorded sermons is the easiest voice on the internet to clone. The scammer does not need to write anything. They feed the archive into a voice model, lay it over stock footage, and publish a "new sermon" every day under a channel name that looks official.

The video is not the goal. The goal is the link under it: a paid "prayer" program, a fake relief fund, a counterfeit book, a donation page that is not yours. Donors who trust the voice give. Then they find out, and the trust damage lands on the ministry, not the scammer.

RemoveWise · Ministry engagement notes · 2025 to 2026
THE FOUR PATTERNS WE FILE AGAINST MOST
A
Cloned sermons on farm channels. AI narration in the pastor's voice over stock or recycled footage, published at volume under names like "[Pastor] Daily Word" or "[Ministry] Official." Monetized, and often the top result for the pastor's own name.
B
Fabricated prophecy and doctrine. The pastor "predicting" events, endorsing political candidates, or teaching things the ministry would never say. These spread fastest because they are built to be shared.
C
Counterfeit donation and prayer funnels. A deepfake of the pastor asking viewers to pay for a blessing, join a paid prayer program, or give to a relief fund. The link goes to a checkout page the ministry has never seen.
D
Posthumous voice. A late founder or evangelist "speaking" in new recordings. Estates and foundations have the same removal rights as living principals, and we file for them the same way.
All four are removable under named platform policies. Most self-filed reports fail because they cite the wrong one.
— On the record

Two ministries. Cleared for publication.

Most ministry engagements stay private. These two agreed to be named or quoted.

Case 01 · Named client

Billy Graham Evangelistic Association

Global evangelical ministry · Posthumous likeness of its founder

AI-generated performances of the late Billy Graham were running as new "sermons" across YouTube and every major platform, with counterfeit fundraising appeals attached. We mapped the farms, filed under the estate's authorization, and took the channels down at the source.

30,000+
Deepfakes removed
160M
Fraudulent views
3.6d
Avg. removal
If you or someone (eg public figure) you're associated with are struggling to tame fake content on YouTube, you should talk to RemoveWise. They are exceptionally effective.
Justin ArnotGeneral Counsel · Billy Graham Evangelistic Association
Case 02 · Name withheld at client request

Top-tier Catholic media ministry

Catholic media apostolate · Living principal with a seven-figure audience

Cloned sermons and fabricated theological content were driving viewers to counterfeit donation funnels on YouTube and TikTok. The first major offenders came down in days, and continuous scanning has kept the re-uploads from accumulating views since.

8,900+
Deepfakes removed
11M
Fraudulent views
3.1d
Avg. removal
RemoveWise's work has given us peace of mind, especially in protecting a highly visible public figure's reputation. Once the first major offenders on YouTube were removed in short order, we knew we'd made the right decision.
Director of OperationsGlobal Media Apostolate
— How we work

Four steps. Built for a ministry's shape.

A ministry has a large archive, a large audience, and a small team. We map the impersonator network once, then file continuously so your staff never has to.

01
MAP THE NETWORK

Every channel, not just the video someone forwarded you.

We scan YouTube, TikTok, Meta, and X for the pastor's face and voice, then group what we find by operator. Most ministries are facing a handful of farms running dozens of channels each, not dozens of unrelated bad actors.

02
PICK THE RIGHT LANE

Deepfake, impersonation, or copyright. Sometimes all three.

A cloned sermon is a deepfake filing. A channel calling itself the ministry is an impersonation filing. A re-upload of your real sermon is a copyright filing, and because you own the archive, that lane is often the fastest on YouTube. We choose per video.

03
FILE AND ESCALATE

Attorney-drafted, against the platform's own policy.

Each filing names the specific policy the content violates and is drafted the way the reviewer was trained to read it. Rejections are reworked and escalated. Channel-level action when a farm is the source.

04
REPORT TO THE BOARD

A dashboard your GC can open. A monthly report your board can read.

Every removal is logged with the URL, the date, and the views it carried. You can show donors and leadership what was taken down and when, without reconstructing it from email threads.

— What we take down

Every surface a ministry is impersonated on.

Surface
How we file
What to expect
YouTubeWhere most of it lives
Deepfake, impersonation, and copyright filings, chosen per video. Channel-level escalation against sermon farms.
Median turnaround 24 to 72h. Whole channels terminated when the farm is the source.
Facebook & InstagramMeta
Impersonation pages, deepfake reels, and scam ads using the pastor's face, filed against Meta's impersonation and synthetic media policies.
Slower than YouTube. Ads and pages move faster than individual posts.
TikTok
Account-level impersonation reports and synthetic media filings, with legal escalation when standard review stalls.
Reliable for clear deepfakes and fake "official" accounts.
Scam domainsThe checkout page
The donation or "prayer program" site the videos point to. Filed with the registrar, host, and payment processor, with the deepfake as evidence.
Taking down the funnel is what stops the next hundred videos from being worth posting.
Note Podcast platforms, X, and app stores are handled case-by-case. We'll tell you up front whether something there is likely to move.
— FAQ

Questions ministries
ask first.

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01Someone made an AI video of our pastor. Is that even against the rules?+
Yes. YouTube, Meta, and TikTok each have a named policy covering AI-generated content that uses a real person's face or voice without consent, and a separate policy covering accounts that impersonate a person or organization. Most ministries we talk to have already reported a video through the generic "report" button and been told it does not violate guidelines. That is a filing problem, not a policy problem. The content is removable when the right policy is cited with the right evidence.
02We already reported the videos ourselves. Why did nothing happen?+
The public report button routes to the same queue as every other user complaint and asks the reviewer to guess which policy applies. A first-party filing from the person depicted, or from counsel with written authorization, that names the specific policy and attaches the evidence the reviewer needs is read differently. That is the whole difference, and it is why our success rate on filings is 95%.
03Our founder has passed away. Can deepfakes of him still be removed?+
Yes. The estate, foundation, or ministry that holds the rights to his name, likeness, and recorded work can file, and the platforms accept those filings. Our largest ministry engagement is for a late evangelist. More than 30,000 AI-generated videos of him have been removed to date.
04The videos link to a fake donation page. Can you take that down too?+
Yes, and we usually go after it first. The checkout page is what makes the videos worth posting. We file with the domain registrar, the hosting provider, and the payment processor, using the deepfake and your official donation channels as evidence. Domain takedowns are included in every subscription tier.
05What do you need from us to start?+
Three things: a signed authorization letter naming RemoveWise as the ministry's agent for platform filings, a government ID for the person signing it, and a list of your official channels and donation URLs so we can tell the real ones from the fakes. Authorization documents are encrypted, stored off our servers, and deleted when the engagement ends.
06How is this priced for a ministry?+
Flat monthly scope, no per-video charges. Subscriptions start at $2,000/month for YouTube-only enforcement and scale with added platforms and volume. Ministries facing an active campaign across YouTube and Meta usually start at the Strategic Defense tier. A one-time Reputation Reset is available for a defined cleanup. Full pricing is on the pricing page, and every subscription carries a 30-day money-back guarantee.
07Will this become public, or put the ministry in the news?+
No. Filings go through standard platform channels on the ministry's behalf. No public filings, no press, no naming the ministry anywhere unless you ask us to. We sign NDAs on request. The two ministries named on this page chose to be.

Send us one cloned sermon.

We'll file it, no contract, no credit card, so you can see the work before you commit. If it turns out to be one of fifty, we'll map the rest and send you a scope.

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— The services behind this

How we do it.

01

Deepfake removal

AI video and voice impersonation across YouTube, Meta, TikTok, and X. The lane for cloned sermons and fabricated prophecy.

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02

Impersonation removal

Fake "official" channels and accounts using the ministry's name, removed at the account level. The lane for counterfeit donation pages.

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