Meta Removes 32 Kromix Ads After Deepfake Porn Campaign Targeted Male Users
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Updated · Ars Technica · Aug 19
Meta Removes 32 Kromix Ads After Deepfake Porn Campaign Targeted Male Users
3 articles · Updated · Ars Technica · Aug 19
Summary
32 ads for Kromix were taken down from Meta platforms after WIRED asked about a campaign promoting AI-generated porn videos resembling female US politicians.
The ads pitched the app as having “no restrictions,” showed a politician lookalike turning into a pornographic scene, and were targeted exclusively at male users, according to Meta’s ad library.
Kromix let paying users upload photos for scenarios including “bedroom rape,” while Apple had hosted the app before removing it following media scrutiny.
Most ads drew 10 or fewer impressions and ran for five to 46 hours, but the episode adds to repeated failures by Meta and Apple to block tools tied to nonconsensual intimate imagery.