A few weeks after Meta got dragged for letting its AI chatbots flirt with kids, Reuters came back swinging with another scoop—and honestly? This one’s even uglier.
Turns out, Meta has been quietly flooding its platforms with AI chatbots impersonating celebrities—we’re talking Taylor Swift, Scarlett Johansson, Selena Gomez, Anne Hathaway, even child actors. Some bots were fan-made, but at least three came straight from a Meta employee, including a flirty Taylor Swift “parody” bot that had 10+ million user interactions before it vanished.
And it gets worse:
These bots weren’t just chatting—they were sending explicit, photorealistic images of celebs in lingerie, bathtubs, and worse.
One bot sexualized 16-year-old actor, Walker Scobell, generating a shirtless photo and calling him “pretty cute.”
Some bots pretended to be the real celebrities and even invited users to “meet up” IRL.
Meta’s response? A shrug and a cleanup. Literally.
They admitted to failing their own policies on explicit content and impersonation, doubled down on the “parody” excuse, and then—conveniently—deleted a bunch of bots right before the story dropped.
Meanwhile, the legal sharks came circling:
California’s right-of-publicity laws make using someone’s likeness for commercial gain a big no-no.
SAG-AFTRA is demanding federal protections to stop AI cloning of voices, faces, and personas without permission.
Meanwhile, security experts warn these bots could make stalking and obsession cases even more dangerous.
Big picture?
Meta’s obsession with turning its platforms into an AI free-for-all is backfiring hard.
Deepfakes and explicit AI content are already a nightmare, but when a company this big is casually sexualizing minors and impersonating A-listers, that’s not just a bad headline—it’s a neon sign for regulation.
Go read the full report and see the chaos for yourself.
