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Policy2026-08-06 · source-backed
A Tech Transparency Project investigation reported by WIRED found more than 50 image and video ads published across Facebook, Instagram, Messenger and Threads between November 2025 and early August 2026, with at least one reaching over 2,500 accounts in Europe. Several linked to an app called MaskAI that places faces into AI-generated sexual content. Some stayed live after Meta was confronted. The ads were discovered in the transparency tool Meta built. 300 points, 230 comments on HN.
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