TikTok Engagement Farmers Used AI to Insert Fake Sexual Groping Into Real Arrest Footage
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Source: futurism.com ↗
"These videos feature real people — both police officers and citizens — who are being depicted doing things that never happened."
Accounts on TikTok were caught using AI deepfake tools to splice fake sexual contact into real arrest footage, making it appear that police officers were kissing and groping handcuffed arrestees. The manipulated clips, discovered by Copyleaks, were drawn from actual reality TV arrest footage and placed at the front of longer videos as a scroll-stopping hook designed to keep viewers watching.
Some of the doctored videos included on-screen disclaimers claiming the content was for "entertainment use only with no harmful implication." TikTok removed the specific examples flagged by reporters and cited its labeling guidelines for AI content. None of the real people depicted in the footage consented to being shown in sexualized scenarios.