The Facebook grifters making money off AI Holocaust victims
BBC Trending unravels how content creators in Pakistan are exploiting Meta payment models to profit from AI generated Holocaust victims on Facebook, the so-called ‘AI slop’.
In Early June, the Auschwitz Memorial posted a warning about AI-generated Holocaust victims flooding Facebook.
BBC Trending has since tracked several accounts pushing these false narratives and other pages posting so-called ‘AI slop’. The investigation has uncovered how these “digital creators” in Pakistan are just one part of a global economy of deception and emotional manipulation exploiting Meta payment models to profit from dubious content.
Presenter/producer: Kristina Völk and Kevin Nguyen
Additional reporting: Umer Draz Nangiana
Editor: Flora Carmichael
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