Shocking New Social Media Trend Exploits Down Syndrome in Adult Content—What’s Fueling the Backlash?
- AI filters aremorphing Down syndrome features onto other people’s faces and are being used for inappropriate content on social media.
- Individuals with Down syndrome have expressed anger and concern, highlighting risks of s*xual ab*se linked to this harmful trend.
- Advocates called out the trend as exploitation, emphasizing that disability is not entertainment, while some creators promote positive messages.
The trend is used to drive engagement as the posts will often direct consumers to adult sites or OF accounts, seeing numbers of hundreds of thousands of views.
Artificial intelligence is now being used to morph features associated with Down syndrome on content creators for inappropriate purposes
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One person on Instagram named Justin Ryan posted a woman wearing a tiny tank top and shorts while she posed for the camera, the AI filter superimposed on her features.
“Does having down syndrome change how you see me…” read her embedded text. Ryan fueled the engagement by reposting it and writing, “She’s so beautiful with down syndrome and I never seen a girl like that before.”
Instead of the comments calling them out, they agreed that the woman was someone special and cheered her on.
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Other typical captions ask similar inappropriate questions like “Is Down syndrome a deal breaker for you?” or “Would you date a girl with Down syndrome?” as well as others that are far more explicit in their language.
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