“This is the AI men actually use”: Meta ads pushed apps nudifying real teens
Meta dragged its feet removing ads that nudify young girls' Instagram pics.
Meta's advertisements on Facebook and Instagram were found to contain AI-generated child sexual abuse material (CSAM) by the Tech Transparency Project (TTP). The investigation revealed that Meta took days to remove these ads, some of which featured real children, including a press photo of a young member of a European royal family and images taken from a popular Instagram profile of a preteen influencer.
TTP discovered that 332 CSAM ads were not detected by Meta in the past year, with the majority of these ads promoting AI apps from China and nudify apps that allow bad actors to digitally alter images of children. The TTP matched several CSAM ads to photos of real children found online. One ad involved an animated video of a young royal performing a graphic sex act, while another showed a 14-year-old Instagram influencer posing in a sports uniform and performing oral sex.
A third case involved a preteen girl in a pink athletic outfit being morphed into a video of her being molested by an adult male. These disturbing ads appear to violate federal child pornography laws, as the Justice Department has clarified that AI-generated CSAM is just as harmful as traditional CSAM.
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