US EditionVideos of sexually suggestive, AI-generated children are racking up millions of likes on TikTok, study finds
Maldita.es flagged 15 TikTok accounts with 60 AI-generated videos sexualizing minors, accumulating nearly 300,000 followers and over 2 million likes, linked to child abuse material sales.
- On Thursday, Spain-based Maldita.es released a report exposing AI-generated videos that appear to sexualize underage girls on TikTok, and researchers flagged 15 accounts and 60 videos on Tuesday, December 2, with nearly 300,000 followers and over 2 million likes combined.
- Using monitored test accounts, researchers at Maldita.es found comments and bios linking to Telegram, messaging platform, and external websites selling AI-generated material priced 50 to 150 euros, then reported them to police in Spain.
- Maldita.es researchers identified more than a dozen accounts posting AI-generated images and videos of apparent underage girls in tight clothing, lingerie, or school uniforms, including one video of a scantily clad girl in the shower.
- TikTok responded on Friday that 46 of 60 reported videos did not violate policies and it removed or restricted 14, then removed three more and restricted another after researchers appealed, while reiterating initial decisions exactly 30 minutes after each appeal.
- The findings follow an October Global Witness study, with Telegram removing more than 909,000 public groups and TikTok removing over 189 million videos and banning more than 108 million accounts amid regulatory pressure.
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Videos of sexually suggestive, AI-generated children are racking up millions of likes on TikTok, study finds
AI-generated videos showing what appear to be underage girls in sexualized clothing or positions have together racked up millions of likes on TikTok, even though the platform’s rules prohibit such content, according to new research from an online safety non-profit.
TikTok allows the publication of sexualized videos of children and adolescents, both generated by Artificial Intelligence (IA) and stolen from real accounts, to attract users to this content and encourage its sale or exchange through other platforms such as Telegram, promoting this type of practices and violating the Digital Services Act (DSA).
Content warning: This investigation addresses sensitive topics related to the sexualization of minors and child pornography. “Hottest generated girls here,” “AI-generated videos of teenage girls,” “tiny modeling videos.” This is how some of these TikTok accounts that use artificial intelligence to sexualize girls and teenagers present themselves. They have built an entire community around it: just 20 of these accounts (there are more) have amass…
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