TikTok accounts use AI to alter real arrest footage into sexual deepfakes

Copyleaks found that TikTok engagement accounts use AI to alter real arrest footage so officers appear to kiss and grope arrestees, splicing the clips before longer arrest videos to keep viewers watching. Real officers and detainees are depicted; some clips carry AI and 'entertainment only' disclaimers, which Copyleaks says do little to address the harm to those shown.

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