A indústria do século XXI: alienação digital

The Guardian 29-01-2026, por Priya Bharadia e Aisha Down
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/jan/29/millions-creating-deepfake-nudes-telegram-ai-digital-abuse

Millions of people around the world are creating and sharing deepfake nudes on the secure messaging app Telegram, a Guardian analysis has shown, as the spread of advanced AI tools industrialises the online abuse of women.

The Guardian has identified at least 150 Telegram channels – large encrypted group chats popular for their secure communication – that appear to have users in many countries, from the UK to Brazil, China to Nigeria, Russia to India. Some of them offer “nudified” photos or videos for a fee: users can upload a photo of any woman, and AI will produce a video of that woman performing sexual acts. Many more offer a feed of images – of celebrities, social media influencers and ordinary women – made nude or made to perform sexual acts by AI. Followers are also using the channels to share tips on available deepfake tools. (..)

2026-01-31

A indústria do século XXI: alienação digital

Geddry 27-01-2026, por Shanley Hurt
https://marygeddry.com/p/the-algorithmic-conveyor-belt-of

The Algorithmic Conveyor Belt of Nightmare Fuel

"(..) And the mess, to be clear, is not subtle. The AP reports Grok’s image tools were used to “undress” people and produce sexualized depictions, triggering bans or warnings in some countries and a “global backlash.” The Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) says that after a one-click image-editing feature took off, Grok generated an estimated 3 million sexualized images over an 11-day window, including an estimated 23,000 that appeared to depict children, based on sampling and extrapolation from posts. It’s the kind of statistic that makes you want to throw your phone into the ocean, then apologize to the ocean. (..)

2026-01-27

A indústria do século XXI: alienação digital

The Guardian 27-12-2025, por Aisha Down
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/dec/27/more-than-20-of-videos-shown-to-new-youtube-users-are-ai-slop-study-finds

More than 20% of the videos that YouTube’s algorithm shows to new users are “AI slop” – low-quality AI-generated content designed to farm views, research has found. The video-editing company Kapwing surveyed 15,000 of the world’s most popular YouTube channels – the top 100 in every country – and found that 278 of them contain only AI slop.

Together, these AI slop channels have amassed more than 63bn views and 221 million subscribers, generating about $117m (£90m) in revenue each year, according to estimates. The researchers also made a new YouTube account and found that 104 of the first 500 videos recommended to its feed were AI slop. One-third of the 500 videos were “brainrot”, a category that includes AI slop and other low-quality content made to monetise attention. (..)

2025-12-28

A indústria do século XXI: alienação digital

Bloomberg 03-12-2025, por Emily Nicolle
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-12-03/young-founders-rush-into-prediction-market-startups

"Gambling startups are proliferating, ­aiming to piggyback on the success of Polymarket and Kalshi, platforms that let customers bet on sports, elections and just about everything else. These prediction markets are taking off as President Donald Trump removes the previous administration’s roadblocks to sports betting and his Truth Social network prepares to enter the business.

At least a dozen fledgling startups have sprung up over the past year to offer new products—often tools that help traders leverage their bets or gain an edge on the competition. These ventures expect to profit from clients such as hedge funds, cryptocurrency firms and brokerages that will be looking for information and new ways to craft bets. (..)"

2025-12-03

A indústria do século XXI: alienação digital

Reuters 06-11-2025, por Jeff Horwitz
https://www.reuters.com/investigations/meta-is-earning-fortune-deluge-fraudulent-ads-documents-show-2025-11-06/

Meta projected 10% of its 2024 revenue would come from ads for scams and banned goods, documents seen by Reuters show. And the social media giant internally estimates that its platforms show users 15 billion scam ads a day. Among its responses to suspected rogue marketers: charging them a premium for ads – and issuing reports on ’Scammiest Scammers.’ (..)

A cache of previously unreported documents reviewed by Reuters also shows that the social-media giant for at least three years failed to identify and stop an avalanche of ads that exposed Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp’s billions of users to fraudulent e-commerce and investment schemes, illegal online casinos, and the sale of banned medical products.

On average, one December 2024 document notes, the company shows its platforms’ users an estimated 15 billion “higher risk” scam advertisements – those that show clear signs of being fraudulent – every day. Meta earns about $7 billion in annualized revenue from this category of scam ads each year, another late 2024 document states. (..)

2025-12-04

A indústria do século XXI: alienação digital

The Guardian 22-11-2025
https://www.theguardian.com/world/ng-interactive/2025/nov/22/free-birth-society-linked-to-babies-deaths-investigation

A year-long investigation reveals how mothers lost children after being radicalised by uplifting podcast tales of births without midwives or doctors 

2025-11-22