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The Facebook grifters making money off AI Holocaust victims

The Facebook grifters making money off AI Holocaust victims

Update: 2025-08-27
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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.

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The Facebook grifters making money off AI Holocaust victims

The Facebook grifters making money off AI Holocaust victims

BBC World Service