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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day ago

Meta Ran Ads for an App That Promised to Nudify Female Politicians

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Meta Ran Ads for an App That Promised to Nudify Female Politicians

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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day ago

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One advertisement featured a pornographic video with a deepfake closely resembling a prominent US politician. Apple removed the app from the App Store after an inquiry from WIRED.

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All these apps basically dox all of their users. Just not to us, to data brokers that buy that information wholesale.

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