Case Study: Tier-One Social Media Company achieves rapid detection of fake users with Reality Defender

How a Tier-One Social Media Company Rooted Out Fake Users With Reality Defender

Tier-One Social Media Company, a widely used platform battling large-scale disinformation and coordinated bot networks, faced a surge of accounts using AI-generated profile images to impersonate real people and amplify harmful content. To address this, they engaged Reality Defender’s deepfake-detection solution (the Reality Defender web app) to verify the authenticity of suspect profile avatars.

Reality Defender scanned 25 profile pictures via its web app and returned results in seconds: 23 images were flagged as suspected fakes and 2 as suspicious. Using Reality Defender’s ensemble-model probability scores and downloadable PDF/CSV reports, the platform had clear, measurable evidence to inform account removals and reduce malicious activity, improving moderation decisions and overall user safety.