‘Does it guarantee beauty?’: Viral fight could fuel child pornography networks

The viral question on TikTok and Instagram, “Do you guarantee your beauty?” is capturing the attention of children and pre-teens looking for visibility. But participants ultimately Images used on pornography and pedophilia websites or by deepfake creatorsAs emphasized by g1 this Thursday (12).

The campaign, which is spread by dozens of profiles, invites the target audience consisting of the following names: Users between the ages of 8 and 13 with closed profiles and few followersI am looking for an advertising account via private message. When selected, the internet user must specify his name and age, answer the question and send a photo or video.

In one of the cases evaluated by the publication, The boy who sent his photo was also asked whether he was single.The contestant’s image and data are then shared by promoters to hundreds or thousands of people who will evaluate their beauty.

Generally, The content is re-released with a soundtrack containing profanities and abusive lyricsIt becomes accessible to anyone who has access to TikTok and Instagram. In this way, participants in the contest “Do you guarantee beauty?” try to attract the attention of famous people and get the desired exposure.

What’s the problem with this challenge?

According to Humberto Sandman, a cybersecurity expert interviewed by the report, exposing those involved in this viral campaign poses a series of risks. Images shared by minors could be used for the following purposes: fueling various illegal activities in the digital world.

According to Sandman and his paedophile networks, pornography forums are one of the most likely destinations for photos and videos of children and teenagers. These images can also be used to: meme source, to create derogatory comments and create deepfakes with artificial intelligencefaces and voices are added to fake scenes.

The publication is looking for Instagram says it does not allow the spread of content that exploits or puts children at risk and uses human review and technology to identify and remove posts that violate its policies. TikTok did not comment.

On both platforms Minimum age to create a profile is 13according to each company’s policies.