META FILES A MP AS A WHICH CRUSHAI “Nudify” Application Developer

Meta To sue a company that advertised in its services promoting the application that allows people to create an unprecedented, sexual images of others using AI technology, the social media company reported on Thursday.

A lawsuit against Joy Timeline HK Limited, which develops an application called Crushai and its options. A company based on Hong Kong has been advertising on Facebook and Instagram to promote Crushai, an application that uses artificial intelligence to take pictures of someone and create their nude images.

Meta has filed a lawsuit in Hong Kong with the intention of preventing Timeline Tranely Roy continue to advertise its services, the campaign on social media said.

Submission of the lawsuit takes place after “many attempts” by Crushai to “bypass the Meta review process and continue to post these ads after they repeatedly removed for violation of our rules,” said meta.

“This legal action emphasizes both the seriousness with which we perceive this abuse and our commitment to do our best to protect our community,” said meta. “We will continue to take the necessary steps – which can include legal actions – against those who abuse our platforms.”

Researchers have Sounded alarm About the rise of the so -called Nudify applications that can be found online, app stores and on the Meta advertising platform.

Senator Dick Durbin, D-Mill. Sent letter In February, Mark Zuckerberg called on the CEO to resolve the role of his company in allowing the joy to carry out advertising that violates Meta’s nakedness, sexual activity and “certain forms of bullying and persecution.”

Durbin’s letter cited report by Tech News Outlet 404 Media and research The author of Alexios Mantzarlis Cornell Tech, which found that at least 8,010 advertisements related to Crushai worked on Meta apps during the “first two weeks”.

In addition to the trial, Meta has stated that it also update its “forced execution methods” and “developed new technologies specifically designed to detect these ad types – even if the advertisement itself does not include nakedness – and use appropriate technology to help us find and remove ADS Copycat.”

Meta said it works with external experts and their own “special teams” to keep up with how the allocation of applications “develops its tactics to avoid detection.” Meta also stated that “will” share “signals about these applications with other technology companies” so they can also apply for applications on the relevant platforms.

“We also applied the tactics we use to destroy the coordinated non -valid activity networks to find and remove the networks that work with these ads,” said meta. “Since the beginning of the year, our expert teams have conducted in -depth investigations to expose and violate four separate accounts that have tried to launch advertising that promote these services.”

CNBC turned to Timeline’s joy for comment.