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YouTube and X Drive Millions to Nudify Apps, Report Finds

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A new report from the Institute for Strategic Dialogue (ISD) reveals that major social media platforms, particularly YouTube and X, are inadvertently directing users to websites and apps that create nonconsensual intimate imagery (NCII), commonly known as "nudify" apps. These platforms facilitated over 5.7 million visits to such sites between December 2025 and March 2026, with YouTube alone accounting for 1.82 million visits. The report highlights a significant gap in content moderation, as these tools, which can generate explicit deepfakes for as little as $1 per image, are easily discoverable through searches on these mainstream platforms, contradicting their stated policies against sexually explicit content and nonconsensual imagery. AI

IMPACT Highlights the misuse of AI for creating nonconsensual intimate imagery and the challenges in content moderation on major platforms.

RANK_REASON Report on social media platforms' role in directing users to harmful AI-generated content.

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YouTube and X Drive Millions to Nudify Apps, Report Finds

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  1. Wired — AI TIER_1 English(EN) · Ej Dickson ·

    YouTube and X Have Become ‘Gateways’ to Nudify Apps

    A new study found that social media platforms are referring people to sites where they can create nonconsensual, sexually explicit deepfakes for as little as $1 an image.

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