"A post circulating on Facebook shows a man named Henek, a violinist allegedly forced to play in the camp's orchestra at Auschwitz. "His role: to play music as fellow prisoners were led to the gas chambers," reads the caption. But there is no Holocaust victim by the name of Henek. The image is also AI-generated. Publishing fake, AI-generated images of Auschwitz is not only a dangerous distortion. Such fabrication disrespects victims and harasses their memory."
"According to the BBC, the images originate from spam networks in Pakistan, India, Vietnam, and Nigeria, where AI slop creators trade tips in private groups about exploiting Meta's monetization scheme. Holocaust imagery, in particular, has proven to be a reliable traffic driver. One account claimed to generate more than 1.2 billion views and £16,000 in four months from mass-produced content."
AI-generated images portraying fabricated Holocaust victims and scenes are being circulated on Facebook, sometimes depicting fictional characters like Henek forced to play in Auschwitz. Mass-produced imagery is used to attract clicks and shares and to qualify pages for Meta's content-monetization program. Spam networks in Pakistan, India, Vietnam, and Nigeria produce and trade tips for exploiting monetization, with some accounts reporting billions of views and thousands of pounds in income. Pages impersonate businesses and pivot to churn out history-themed AI slop to maximize reach. Posts targeting U.K., U.S., and European audiences earn substantially more. Meta indicates the images themselves do not violate its current policies. The fabrication disrespects victims and their memory.
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