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Meta Platforms

Incidents involved as both Developer and Deployer

Incident 4163 Report
Facebook's Job Ad Algorithm Allegedly Biased against Older and Female Workers

2022-12-01

Facebook's algorithm was alleged in a complaint by Real Women in Trucking to have selectively shown job advertisements disproportionately against older and female workers in favor of younger men for blue-collar positions.

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Incident 7581 Report
Teen's Overdose Reportedly Linked to Meta's AI Systems Failing to Block Ads for Illegal Drugs

2023-09-11

Meta's AI moderation systems reportedly failed to block ads for illegal drugs on Facebook and Instagram, allowing users to access dangerous substances. The system's failure is linked to the overdose death of Elijah Ott, a 15-year-old boy who sought drugs through Instagram.

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Incident 7881 Report
Instagram's Algorithm Reportedly Recommended Sexual Content to Teenagers' Accounts

2024-06-20

Tests by The Wall Street Journal and a researcher reportedly revealed that Instagram's AI-driven Reels algorithm recommends sexually suggestive content to accounts listed as 13 years old. Despite Meta's commitment to restrict such content for minors, explicit videos were served within minutes of account creation, according to the findings.

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Incidents implicated systems

Incident 11152 Report
Alleged Deepfake Investment Scam Uses Economist David Rosenberg's Likeness on Meta Platforms

2025-04-15

Fraudsters allegedly used AI-generated content and social media ads to impersonate economist David Rosenberg and promote a fraudulent investment scheme. Victims were reportedly directed to WhatsApp groups with fake stock tips, resulting in substantial financial losses, with some exceeding $500,000. The ads reportedly appeared on Meta platforms, including Facebook and Instagram. Rosenberg and his family reported the scam to authorities.

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Incident 12242 Report
Purportedly AI-Generated Deepfake Ads on Instagram Impersonate Gisele Bündchen and Other Celebrities in Brazilian Fraud Scheme

2025-10-01

Police in Brazil reportedly arrested four suspects accused of using purportedly AI-generated deepfake videos of model Gisele Bündchen and other celebrities in Instagram ads to promote fake giveaways and skincare products. The scheme was allegedly active since at least August 2024 and generated over 20 million reais ($3.9 million) in suspicious funds. Victims allegedly lost small amounts that often went unreported, creating what investigators called "statistical immunity."

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Incident 12071 Report
Purported AI-Generated Deepfake of Irish Fine Gael Presidential Candidate Heather Humphreys Used in Fake Investment Videos on Meta Platforms

2025-09-11

Purported deepfake videos reportedly circulated on Meta platforms cloning Irish Fine Gael presidential candidate Heather Humphreys to allegedly portray her endorsing high-return investment schemes. The purportedly AI-generated image and voice cloning aimed to exploit public trust and lure consumers into fraud. The Bank of Ireland warned of further scams and risks.

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Incident 12191 Report
Meta Platforms Users Report Being Wrongfully Locked Out After Purported AI Moderation Flags Accounts for Child Exploitation Content

2025-07-02

Multiple Meta users reported being wrongfully locked out of Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp accounts after automated systems allegedly flagged them for child exploitation content. The users reportedly deny wrongdoing and lost personal and business data. Experts cited overreliance on AI moderation as a likely cause. Meta has not publicly explained or remediated the suspensions.

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Related Entities
Other entities that are related to the same incident. For example, if the developer of an incident is this entity but the deployer is another entity, they are marked as related entities.
 

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Facebook

Incidents involved as both Developer and Deployer
  • Incident 416
    3 Reports

    Facebook's Job Ad Algorithm Allegedly Biased against Older and Female Workers

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 758
    1 Report

    Teen's Overdose Reportedly Linked to Meta's AI Systems Failing to Block Ads for Illegal Drugs

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1115
    2 Reports

    Alleged Deepfake Investment Scam Uses Economist David Rosenberg's Likeness on Meta Platforms

  • Incident 1207
    1 Report

    Purported AI-Generated Deepfake of Irish Fine Gael Presidential Candidate Heather Humphreys Used in Fake Investment Videos on Meta Platforms

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Entity

Real Women in Trucking

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 416
    3 Reports

    Facebook's Job Ad Algorithm Allegedly Biased against Older and Female Workers

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Entity

older female blue-collar workers

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 416
    3 Reports

    Facebook's Job Ad Algorithm Allegedly Biased against Older and Female Workers

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Entity

Instagram

Incidents involved as both Developer and Deployer
  • Incident 788
    1 Report

    Instagram's Algorithm Reportedly Recommended Sexual Content to Teenagers' Accounts

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 758
    1 Report

    Teen's Overdose Reportedly Linked to Meta's AI Systems Failing to Block Ads for Illegal Drugs

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1115
    2 Reports

    Alleged Deepfake Investment Scam Uses Economist David Rosenberg's Likeness on Meta Platforms

  • Incident 1224
    2 Reports

    Purportedly AI-Generated Deepfake Ads on Instagram Impersonate Gisele Bündchen and Other Celebrities in Brazilian Fraud Scheme

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Entity

Instagram users

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 758
    1 Report

    Teen's Overdose Reportedly Linked to Meta's AI Systems Failing to Block Ads for Illegal Drugs

  • Incident 788
    1 Report

    Instagram's Algorithm Reportedly Recommended Sexual Content to Teenagers' Accounts

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Entity

Facebook users

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 758
    1 Report

    Teen's Overdose Reportedly Linked to Meta's AI Systems Failing to Block Ads for Illegal Drugs

  • Incident 1219
    1 Report

    Meta Platforms Users Report Being Wrongfully Locked Out After Purported AI Moderation Flags Accounts for Child Exploitation Content

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Entity

Elijah Ott

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 758
    1 Report

    Teen's Overdose Reportedly Linked to Meta's AI Systems Failing to Block Ads for Illegal Drugs

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Entity

minors

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 788
    1 Report

    Instagram's Algorithm Reportedly Recommended Sexual Content to Teenagers' Accounts

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Entity

Children

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 788
    1 Report

    Instagram's Algorithm Reportedly Recommended Sexual Content to Teenagers' Accounts

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Entity

General public

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1115
    2 Reports

    Alleged Deepfake Investment Scam Uses Economist David Rosenberg's Likeness on Meta Platforms

  • Incident 788
    1 Report

    Instagram's Algorithm Reportedly Recommended Sexual Content to Teenagers' Accounts

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Entity

Unknown scammers

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1115
    2 Reports

    Alleged Deepfake Investment Scam Uses Economist David Rosenberg's Likeness on Meta Platforms

  • Incident 1207
    1 Report

    Purported AI-Generated Deepfake of Irish Fine Gael Presidential Candidate Heather Humphreys Used in Fake Investment Videos on Meta Platforms

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Entity

Unknown fraudsters

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1115
    2 Reports

    Alleged Deepfake Investment Scam Uses Economist David Rosenberg's Likeness on Meta Platforms

  • Incident 1207
    1 Report

    Purported AI-Generated Deepfake of Irish Fine Gael Presidential Candidate Heather Humphreys Used in Fake Investment Videos on Meta Platforms

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Entity

Unknown scammers impersonating David Rosenberg

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1115
    2 Reports

    Alleged Deepfake Investment Scam Uses Economist David Rosenberg's Likeness on Meta Platforms

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Entity

Unknown deepfake technology developer

Incidents involved as Developer
  • Incident 1115
    2 Reports

    Alleged Deepfake Investment Scam Uses Economist David Rosenberg's Likeness on Meta Platforms

  • Incident 1224
    2 Reports

    Purportedly AI-Generated Deepfake Ads on Instagram Impersonate Gisele Bündchen and Other Celebrities in Brazilian Fraud Scheme

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Entity

Unknown voice cloning technology developer

Incidents involved as Developer
  • Incident 1115
    2 Reports

    Alleged Deepfake Investment Scam Uses Economist David Rosenberg's Likeness on Meta Platforms

  • Incident 1224
    2 Reports

    Purportedly AI-Generated Deepfake Ads on Instagram Impersonate Gisele Bündchen and Other Celebrities in Brazilian Fraud Scheme

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Entity

David Rosenberg

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1115
    2 Reports

    Alleged Deepfake Investment Scam Uses Economist David Rosenberg's Likeness on Meta Platforms

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Entity

Syed Hasan

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1115
    2 Reports

    Alleged Deepfake Investment Scam Uses Economist David Rosenberg's Likeness on Meta Platforms

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Entity

Unnamed woman who lost $500,000

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1115
    2 Reports

    Alleged Deepfake Investment Scam Uses Economist David Rosenberg's Likeness on Meta Platforms

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Entity

Unnamed man who lost $450,000

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1115
    2 Reports

    Alleged Deepfake Investment Scam Uses Economist David Rosenberg's Likeness on Meta Platforms

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Entity

Investors

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1115
    2 Reports

    Alleged Deepfake Investment Scam Uses Economist David Rosenberg's Likeness on Meta Platforms

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Entity

Unknown deepfake technology

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1115
    2 Reports

    Alleged Deepfake Investment Scam Uses Economist David Rosenberg's Likeness on Meta Platforms

  • Incident 1224
    2 Reports

    Purportedly AI-Generated Deepfake Ads on Instagram Impersonate Gisele Bündchen and Other Celebrities in Brazilian Fraud Scheme

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Entity

Unknown voice cloning technology

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1115
    2 Reports

    Alleged Deepfake Investment Scam Uses Economist David Rosenberg's Likeness on Meta Platforms

  • Incident 1224
    2 Reports

    Purportedly AI-Generated Deepfake Ads on Instagram Impersonate Gisele Bündchen and Other Celebrities in Brazilian Fraud Scheme

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Entity

WhatsApp

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1115
    2 Reports

    Alleged Deepfake Investment Scam Uses Economist David Rosenberg's Likeness on Meta Platforms

  • Incident 1219
    1 Report

    Meta Platforms Users Report Being Wrongfully Locked Out After Purported AI Moderation Flags Accounts for Child Exploitation Content

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Entity

Unknown scammers impersonating Heather Humphreys

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1207
    1 Report

    Purported AI-Generated Deepfake of Irish Fine Gael Presidential Candidate Heather Humphreys Used in Fake Investment Videos on Meta Platforms

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Entity

Heather Humphreys

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1207
    1 Report

    Purported AI-Generated Deepfake of Irish Fine Gael Presidential Candidate Heather Humphreys Used in Fake Investment Videos on Meta Platforms

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Entity

Fine Gael

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1207
    1 Report

    Purported AI-Generated Deepfake of Irish Fine Gael Presidential Candidate Heather Humphreys Used in Fake Investment Videos on Meta Platforms

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Entity

General public of Ireland

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1207
    1 Report

    Purported AI-Generated Deepfake of Irish Fine Gael Presidential Candidate Heather Humphreys Used in Fake Investment Videos on Meta Platforms

  • Incident 1225
    1 Report

    Purportedly AI-Generated 'Home Invasion Prank' Images Reportedly Circulate in Ireland, Causing Panic and False Emergency Calls

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Entity

Electoral integrity

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1207
    1 Report

    Purported AI-Generated Deepfake of Irish Fine Gael Presidential Candidate Heather Humphreys Used in Fake Investment Videos on Meta Platforms

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Entity

Epistemic integrity

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1207
    1 Report

    Purported AI-Generated Deepfake of Irish Fine Gael Presidential Candidate Heather Humphreys Used in Fake Investment Videos on Meta Platforms

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Entity

Meta

Incidents involved as both Developer and Deployer
  • Incident 1219
    1 Report

    Meta Platforms Users Report Being Wrongfully Locked Out After Purported AI Moderation Flags Accounts for Child Exploitation Content

Incidents involved as Developer
  • Incident 1224
    2 Reports

    Purportedly AI-Generated Deepfake Ads on Instagram Impersonate Gisele Bündchen and Other Celebrities in Brazilian Fraud Scheme

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Entity

Meta users

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1219
    1 Report

    Meta Platforms Users Report Being Wrongfully Locked Out After Purported AI Moderation Flags Accounts for Child Exploitation Content

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Entity

WhatsApp users

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1219
    1 Report

    Meta Platforms Users Report Being Wrongfully Locked Out After Purported AI Moderation Flags Accounts for Child Exploitation Content

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Entity

Unidentified Brazilian fraud group (arrested in Rio Grande do Sul)

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1224
    2 Reports

    Purportedly AI-Generated Deepfake Ads on Instagram Impersonate Gisele Bündchen and Other Celebrities in Brazilian Fraud Scheme

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Entity

Unknown scammers operating Instagram ad accounts

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1224
    2 Reports

    Purportedly AI-Generated Deepfake Ads on Instagram Impersonate Gisele Bündchen and Other Celebrities in Brazilian Fraud Scheme

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Entity

General public of Brazil

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1224
    2 Reports

    Purportedly AI-Generated Deepfake Ads on Instagram Impersonate Gisele Bündchen and Other Celebrities in Brazilian Fraud Scheme

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Entity

Brazilian consumers defrauded via Instagram ads

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1224
    2 Reports

    Purportedly AI-Generated Deepfake Ads on Instagram Impersonate Gisele Bündchen and Other Celebrities in Brazilian Fraud Scheme

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Entity

Gisele Bündchen

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1224
    2 Reports

    Purportedly AI-Generated Deepfake Ads on Instagram Impersonate Gisele Bündchen and Other Celebrities in Brazilian Fraud Scheme

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Entity

Angélica Huck

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1224
    2 Reports

    Purportedly AI-Generated Deepfake Ads on Instagram Impersonate Gisele Bündchen and Other Celebrities in Brazilian Fraud Scheme

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Entity

Juliette Freire Feitosa

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1224
    2 Reports

    Purportedly AI-Generated Deepfake Ads on Instagram Impersonate Gisele Bündchen and Other Celebrities in Brazilian Fraud Scheme

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Entity

Maisa Silva

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1224
    2 Reports

    Purportedly AI-Generated Deepfake Ads on Instagram Impersonate Gisele Bündchen and Other Celebrities in Brazilian Fraud Scheme

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Entity

Sabrina Sato

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1224
    2 Reports

    Purportedly AI-Generated Deepfake Ads on Instagram Impersonate Gisele Bündchen and Other Celebrities in Brazilian Fraud Scheme

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Entity

Social media

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1224
    2 Reports

    Purportedly AI-Generated Deepfake Ads on Instagram Impersonate Gisele Bündchen and Other Celebrities in Brazilian Fraud Scheme

  • Incident 1225
    1 Report

    Purportedly AI-Generated 'Home Invasion Prank' Images Reportedly Circulate in Ireland, Causing Panic and False Emergency Calls

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Entity

Unknown pranksters in Ireland

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1225
    1 Report

    Purportedly AI-Generated 'Home Invasion Prank' Images Reportedly Circulate in Ireland, Causing Panic and False Emergency Calls

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Entity

Unknown AI image generator developer

Incidents involved as Developer
  • Incident 1225
    1 Report

    Purportedly AI-Generated 'Home Invasion Prank' Images Reportedly Circulate in Ireland, Causing Panic and False Emergency Calls

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Entity

Elderly individuals

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1225
    1 Report

    Purportedly AI-Generated 'Home Invasion Prank' Images Reportedly Circulate in Ireland, Causing Panic and False Emergency Calls

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Entity

Garda Síochána

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1225
    1 Report

    Purportedly AI-Generated 'Home Invasion Prank' Images Reportedly Circulate in Ireland, Causing Panic and False Emergency Calls

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Entity

Unknown AI image generator

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1225
    1 Report

    Purportedly AI-Generated 'Home Invasion Prank' Images Reportedly Circulate in Ireland, Causing Panic and False Emergency Calls

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Entity

Snapchat

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1225
    1 Report

    Purportedly AI-Generated 'Home Invasion Prank' Images Reportedly Circulate in Ireland, Causing Panic and False Emergency Calls

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