Meta Runs Ads for Deepfake Porn App Targeting Real Women Despite Its Own Ban on Such Content
Summary
Meta is caught running ads for Kromix, an AI deepfake porn app targeting real women including a US politician, directly violating its own policies — exposing a massive failure in the company's automated ad review systems as thousands of similar nudify app ads continue slipping through unchecked.
Key Points
- Meta runs ads for an AI tool called Kromix that promises to generate deepfake pornographic videos of real women, including a prominent female US politician, despite company policies explicitly banning sexual and nudify-related advertisements.
- Apple removes Kromix from the App Store after being contacted for comment, stating the app had added prohibited content after its initial review, while Meta removes the 32 linked ads only after being questioned about them.
- Researchers and critics warn that Meta's reliance on automated AI systems to review ads is failing, as thousands of nudify app ads continue to slip through, with Meta having removed over 340,000 such violating ads in just a few months last year alone.