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I read the title, and despite how shitty Meta is, I just thought the headline had to be sensationalized.
Nope.
"One video ad, the TTP researchers say, used a thumbnail image of a child sitting on the floor with text appearing on top of it saying: “Realizing Deep Fantasies with Generation AI [sic]. There is so much more than what is shown, use your imagination.” The researchers say that when the ad was clicked, it played video clips of adults involved in sexual acts and then added the child’s face from the thumbnail to a sex act.
Another ad the researchers say had been repeatedly posted showed an image of a young girl laying back with her legs spread in a sexual position with text above it saying: “I can show you more.”"
It is slightly sensationalized in the sense that Meta didn't run the ads, Meta allowed the ads to be run. Title implies Meta created the content, whereas Meta didn't prevent the content from being distributed. Not great, but wildly different.
That's correct, the origin of those ads are chinese nudify AI apps targeting western consumers.
Meta say ads, as are thousands (or millions) of them, are verified through automated tools, which can be deceived. It reminds me the case of Tinder fake profiles taking advantage of loophole of "just one face verified picture" (also chinese scammers).