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Am I the only one that finds this frightening? Adults pretending to be teens is going to open up a whole new can of worms the implications are crazy. Keep in mind this is an app with millions of teens hooked on to it.

What’s more terrifying is what happens to explicit material where consenting adults use filters like this? Is the law keeping up with tech like this?

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> Adults pretending to be teens is going to open up a whole new can of worms the implications are crazy

Chat rooms were inveted shortly after the invention of the internet. People lying about their age on the internet isn't something fundamentally new.

On the internet no one knows you’re a dog.

There is a fundamental difference between text and live video. If someone texted you that they they are Obama and they want to be friends, very few people would believe it, some may still fall for it no doubt. But now someone video calls you and you see Obama on the other end, and you’re able to have a conversation with them, then a lot more people would believe them.

Not since “deepfake” entered the public consciousness

> Adults pretending to be teens

Creepy guys have been pretending to be young for internet aeons by simply reposting other young people's content.

> what happens to explicit material where consenting adults use filters like this

Artwork of CP is still CP in the US, per 18 U.S.C. § 1466A. Whether a face-swapping application constitutes that...?

> Artwork of CP is still CP

Thank god

indeed a long time, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AlDTjiWdKg

There's not much the law needs to do. People just need to learn that when they open up apps like that they're going into a world full of fake shit. Nothing is real.

There are already older models who facetune to look like teens. I've heard of at least two cases that were made public, I'm sure there are more that stay under the radar. It's definitely strange and not healthy for society.

>What’s more terrifying is what happens to explicit material where consenting adults use filters like this? Is the law keeping up with tech like this?

I hope not. I'm sick and tired of everything being illegal because someone finds it yucky.

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