AI videos of sexualised black women removed from TikTok after BBC investigation
Dozens of Instagram and TikTok accounts have used AI avatars to promote explicit content, the BBC finds.
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"I was angry. Of course my videos are all out there… It doesn't mean that you can just take it and steal it and post it as your own."
— Riya Ulan , Influencer
"I believe these accounts are racist because their existence perpetuates a long history of the exploitation of black people."
— Angel Nulani , Activist
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Dozens of Instagram and TikTok accounts have used AI avatars to promote explicit content, the BBC finds.
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