It's possible. Certainly, once the technology became open source, it's been impossible to completely remove the technology and the capacity to create deepfakes from the Internet, that's for sure.
It could be less accessible. I think decreasing the accessibility would decrease the frequency of these types of attacks. Just as an example, while we were doing research for this article, if you type “deep nude” into Google, the first results will get 10 different websites you can access, and it can be done in minutes.
It's possible to make it less visible and less accessible than it is now. It's pretty unnerving just how easy and how accessible it is. I think that's why we're seeing teenagers use it, and that's why a criminal remedy or civil remedies would be inadequate, considering how accessible it is.