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• @katie-drummond Katie Drummond on bluesky

  “The goal is not always sexual gratification.  Increasingly, the intent is humiliation, denigration, and social control.”

• @davidgilbert David Gilbert on bluesky

  Maybe instead of pushing social media and smartphone bans, politicians and educators should confront the growing and deeply troubling issue of nudify apps being used on schoolchildren  —  Great analysis from @mattburgess1.bsky.social, in collaboration @indicator.media  —  www.wir…

• @lutzfernandez Anne Lutz Fernandez on bluesky

  why are teen girls anxious and depressed they want to know

• @mantzarlis.com Alexios Mantzarlis on bluesky

  The map is our way to say that we know that behind this recklessly unleashed technology there is real, tangible harm.

• @mantzarlis.com Alexios Mantzarlis on bluesky

  Indicator has extensively covered the platform dynamics and economic incentives of these tools of abuse.  —  In spite of platform promises to crack down on nudifier apps and tools, this remains unresolved problem.  Meta is still running ads for a tool we previously flagged on mul…

• @mantzarlis.com Alexios Mantzarlis on bluesky

  The map offers a sobering and concerning look at the spread of nonconsensual deepfakes among minors and young adults.  It's also the tip of the iceberg.  —  UNICEF estimated that as many as 1.2 million children in 11 countries have been victimized by nonconsensual sexual deepfake…

• @mantzarlis.com Alexios Mantzarlis on bluesky

  New on @indicator.media:  —  With @mattburgess1.bsky.social at @wired.com, I built a map of the reported cases where AI was used to create nonconsensual intimate imagery within schools around the globe.

• r/TrueReddit r on reddit

  The Deepfake Nudes Crisis in Schools Is Much Worse Than You Thought

• @timmarchman Tim Marchman on bluesky

  NEW: Deepfake abuse incidents have been documented at schools in 88 countries, according to research by @wired.com and @indicator.media.  One conclusion experts draw is that this is like other types of sexual violence: “Increasingly, the intent is humiliation, denigration, and so…

• @couts Andrew Couts on bluesky

  NEW: Analysis by @wired.com and @indicator.media reveals the first global look at the plague of AI-generated sexual abuse material impacting girls in countries around the world. @mattburgess1.bsky.social reports: www.wired.com/story/deepfa...

• @dell Dell Cameron on bluesky

  NEW: Teenage boys are pulling classmates' photos off Insta and running them through cheap nudify apps and the fallout has now hit nearly 90 schools across 28 countries with 600+ known victims since 2023, per a WIRED/Indicator analysis.  —  UNICEF estimates 1.2M children were targ…

• r/UnderReportedNews r on reddit

  The Deepfake Nudes Crisis in Schools

• r/WomenInNews r on reddit

  The Deepfake Nudes Crisis in Schools Is Much Worse Than You Thought

• Dr. Rebecca Portnoff Dr. Rebecca Portnoff on linkedin

  The harms of sexual deepfakes of children are real - and investigative efforts like this from Alexios Mantzarlis and Matt Burgess are crucial to building a shared understanding of what we're facing. …

• @ryanlcooper.com Ryan Cooper on bluesky

  sadly very predictable but also horrendous.  and these are just people who have been caught www.wired.com/story/deepfa...

• @mattburgess1 Matt Burgess on bluesky

  NEW: We documented almost 100 cases of deepfake sexual abuse happening in schools around the world—with more than 600 children being victimized by their peers.  —  Mostly boys in 25+ countries created explicit imagery of girls they often know from school over the last couple of y…

• r/Feminism r on reddit

  The Deepfake Nudes Crisis in Schools Is Much Worse Than You Thought