The Verge
US · 26 mins ago
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AI grifters are creating fake Black people to sell Shein junk
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TikTok sellers using AI-generated personas, particularly depicting Black women, are promoting low-quality products like Shein merchandise through manipulative emotional appeals and racial framing to drive engagement and sales.
AI grifters are creating fake Black people to sell Shein junk
TikTok sellers that appear to be AI generated, in tears. | The Verge
Aliyah, a light-skinned Black woman dressed in country-western gear, is struggling to sell metal buckles she handmade on TikTok. In a video for the social media platform from March, she cries to the camera and pleads for views: "Even as a black woman, I have more faith that white women will stay 13 seconds [on this video] to save my belt buckle business," the onscreen text reads. She wipes a tear off her cheek.
But Aliyah is
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