Meta’s oversight board to probe subjective policy on AI sex image removals

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Meta continues to slowly adapt Facebook and Instagram policies to account for increasing AI harms, this week confronting how it handles explicit deepfakes spreading on its platforms.

On Tuesday, the Meta Oversight Board announced it will be reviewing two cases involving AI-generated sexualized images of female celebrities that Meta initially handled unevenly to “assess whether Meta’s policies and its enforcement practices are effective at addressing explicit AI-generated imagery.”

The board is not naming the famous women whose deepfakes are being reviewed in hopes of mitigating “risks of furthering harassment,” the board said.