Thousands of advertisements for artificial intelligence apps that can "undress" people, violating company policy, were placed on Facebook and Instagram from Meta. This is stated in a report by the non-profit organization Tech Transparency Project, Bloomberg reports, as reported by UNN.
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According to the publication, one of Meta's advertising partners in China, Beijing-based company GatherOne Inc., has placed about 7,600 advertisements for mobile apps with artificial intelligence in recent months that can transfer women's faces onto nude bodies and create sexualized videos. Also separately mentioned is an app developed in China that allows the distribution of materials that some users have labeled as child pornography.
"Meta's rules prohibit advertising with sexual undertones or advertising apps that supposedly undress the people depicted. But TTP's work, aimed at holding big tech companies accountable, demonstrates repeated failures by companies such as Apple Inc. and Alphabet Inc. to curb such apps," the publication writes.
Although Instagram and Facebook are not available in China, they are attractive advertising tools for Chinese companies seeking a global audience.
"It appears that Meta is providing free services to one of its leading Chinese advertising partners when it comes to nude advertising," said TTP Director Katie Paul.
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