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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Dozens of Instagram and TikTok accounts have used AI avatars to promote explicit content, the BBC finds.
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