AI Forensics: in 16 Italian and Spanish Telegram groups, 24K+ men are sharing nonconsensual images of women and girls, buying spyware, and engaging in doxing
In Telegram groups, men are sharing thousands of nonconsensual images of women and girls, buying spyware, and engaging in doxing and sexual abuse.
Wired Matt Burgess
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🚨 NEW: Large-scale Telegram networks are spreading and monetizing non-consensual intimate images (NCII), including CSAM, in Italy and Spain. — Our investigation reveals an organized ecosystem of abuse at scale — involving 25,000 users. 🧵
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• Content includes CSAM and depictions of incest and rape — • Monetization: €20-€50 one-time access or €5/month subscriptions to channels and archives — • Nudifying bots are widely advertised and embedded, enabling synthetic NCII at scale
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🔍 The investigation found: — • Perpetrators are predominantly young heterosexual men using Telegram's infrastructure (incl. Premium) to organize and monetize content — • Victims are predominantly women, including partners, acquaintances, ex-partners, and public figures
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🔍 We analyzed nearly 2.8 million messages across 16 groups and channels over six weeks. — We found that what is often framed as individual misconduct is in fact structured, coordinated, and transnational. 👇
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I chose to name my company, Freedom of Mind Resource Center, because it is my philosophy that we need to be in control of our own minds and bodies. The Influence Continuum and BITE Model of Authoritarian Control can help — www.wired.com/story/men-ar...
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NEW: Horrific, entirely predictable abuse of women and girls on Telegram. @mattburgess1.bsky.social reports: www.wired.com/story/men-ar...
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