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AI Kissing Videos Spark Ethical Outrage and Exploitation Fears

1/16/2025

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AI-generated kissing videos are sweeping social media, enabling the creation of nonconsensual content that raises serious ethical alarms. With Meta and TikTok promoting these apps through thousands of ads, experts fear a dangerous normalization of deepfakes, potentially leading to increased exploitation. While TikTok has begun removing some ads, Meta continues to permit them under existing policies.

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Story summary

AI-generated kissing videos are sweeping social media, enabling the creation of nonconsensual content that raises serious ethical alarms. With Meta and TikTok promoting these apps through thousands of ads, experts fear a dangerous normalization of deepfakes, potentially leading to increased exploitation. While TikTok has begun removing some ads, Meta continues to permit them under existing policies.