Meta Won’t Say If It Violates Its Policies to Upload AI-Generated Videos of Sobbing Little Children Begging for Likes and Follows So They Don’t Get Arrested by Police
"You don't have enough followers and shares on your videos," the officer explains. "If the person watching this video follows and shares, then you will be free." The post Meta Won’t Say If It Violates Its Policies to Upload AI-Generated Videos of Sobbing Little Children Begging for Likes and Follows So They Don’t Get Arrested by Police appeared first on Futurism .
Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, has refused to confirm whether uploading AI-generated videos of sobbing children begging for likes and follows to avoid arrest violates their own policies. In recent months, content farms on the platform have been creating emotionally manipulative videos featuring fake children stealing food and being apprehended by AI-generated police officers who claim the children are being held accountable for not having enough followers and shares.
Despite multiple requests for comment from reporters, Meta spokespersons have only stated that they remove content that violates their policies, without specifying if these AI-generated videos do so. The controversy highlights a growing concern about the prevalence of fake content on social media networks, which can exploit human emotions for profit, while failing to take decisive action against harmful or manipulative material.
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