The move follows TikTok's existing policies that require labels on AI-created videos and ban deepfakes of people under 18 or any adult who isn't a public figure. The issue highlights the darker side of the internet, where creators are incentivized to create disturbing and sensational content to capture audience attention.
Key takeaways:
- YouTube has updated its policies to prohibit content that realistically simulates deceased minors or victims of major violent events describing their death or violence experienced.
- The policy change comes in response to a disturbing trend of videos that use simulated voices of real child murder victims to describe their own deaths, generating millions of views on social media.
- TikTok already has policies in place that require labels on AI-created videos and prohibit deepfakes of people under 18 or any adult who isn't a public figure.
- These videos are not only disturbing for viewers, but also painful for survivors and family members of the victims, who have called the content "disgusting" and "beyond sick".