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Meta ran ads for an app promising to nudify female politicians

Meta recently ran advertisements for a mobile application that claimed to use artificial intelligence to produce non-consensual sexual imagery of female politicians. One of the promoted ads included a deepfake video depicting a United States official. This incident highlights ongoing challenges for social media platforms in moderating automated ad systems, particularly regarding the spread of AI-generated misinformation and harmful content targeting public figures.

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