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AI-powered 'nudify' apps fuel deadly wave of digital blackmail After a Kentucky teenager died by suicide this year, his parents discovered he had received threatening texts demanding $3,000 to suppress an AI-generated nude image of him.His parents told US media t...

New story from @anujchopra.bsky.social on AI-powered 'nudify' apps, with additional reporting by me and Sonia González Fernández.

Deeply concerning that these apps -- which rose to prominence targeting celebrities -- are being increasingly weaponised against children
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Holocaust AI fakes spark alarm The Facebook post shows a photo of a pretty curly-haired girl on a tricycle and says she is Hannelore Kaufmann, 13-year-old from Berlin who died in the Auschwitz concentration camp.A girl called Hanni...

Content creators, often based in South Asia, are churning out AI-generated images of made-up Holocaust victims for money, targeting Westerners' emotional reactions, researchers told AFP uk.news.yahoo.com/holocaust-ai... by @annamalpas.bsky.social

Trump displays DRC visual as proof of South African 'genocide' US President Donald Trump brandished a stack of printed articles at the White House Wednesday that he claimed documented a genocide taking place against white people in South Africa.Trump and his alli...

Trump displays Democratic Republic of Congo photo as proof of South African 'genocide'.

He and his allies have spread baseless claims of a "genocide" targeting white farmers in South Africa, claims that the government in Pretoria has dismissed as false www.yahoo.com/news/trump-d...

George Simion: pro-Trump nationalist eyeing Romania presidency George Simion, the frontrunner in Sunday's presidential runoff, is a former football hooligan and fan of US President Donald Trump who is promising to put "Romania first".- Violence and insults - In h...

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🇷🇴 George Simion, the frontrunner in Romania's presidential runoff, is a former football hooligan and fan of US President Donald Trump who is promising to put "Romania first" uk.news.yahoo.com/george-simio...

Romania far-right rides TikTok wave in election re-run With 1.3 million followers, a Donald Trump-supporting far-right candidate is riding a wave of popularity on TikTok ahead of the re-run of Romania's presidential election in which he is expected to win...

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With 1.3 million followers, a Trump-supporting far-right candidate is riding a wave of popularity on TikTok ahead of the re-run of Romania's presidential election in which he is expected to win the first round
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'Toxic beauty': Rise of 'looksmaxxing' influencers Hankering for a chiseled jawline, a male TikTok influencer strikes his cheekbones with a hammer -- highlighting the rise of "looksmaxxing," an online trend pushing unproven and sometimes dangerous tec...

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Looksmaxxing influencers have surged in popularity across social media, capitalising on the insecurities of young men eager to boost their attractiveness to women.

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The jailing of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's main political rival has sparked demos in Turkey but this footage of a massive crowd circulating online does not show one of the rallies.

It depicts pilgrims in East Timor when Pope Francis visited in 2024 factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....

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