So You Want To Be 'Included In Society'...

...but when you are, you're still not satisfied!

Instagram's parent company, Meta, is investigating AI-generated social media accounts that sexualise disabled people appearing on its platform. It comes after the BBC flagged dozens of profiles showing AI-generated images of women with disabilities, including Down's syndrome or vitiligo. Some profiles post fake images and videos of women with missing limbs, visible scarring or in wheelchairs. Many are in sexualised positions, wearing revealing clothing.

*shrugs*  Differenet strokes for different folks, right? What's the problem, if they are AI-generated, and not real? 

Kamran Mallick, chief executive of Disability Rights UK, said the emergence of "accounts that fetishise, mock, or monetise the identities of disabled people is nothing short of horrific".He added: "What we have here is technology weaponised to strip disabled people of their agency and dignity, turning our lived experiences into digital caricatures for the profit and titillation of others."

How I loathe that modern expression, so seized on by activiats and narcissist, 'our lived experience'! It's nonsense, always employed to help wrap oneself in the comforting blanket of victimhood. 

Well, congratulations, you've arrived - you're now part of society, no different from any other part,  isn't that what you always said you wanted? 

Medical charities have also voiced concern. A spokesperson for Gemini Untwined, which funds specialist surgery for rare newborns joined by the head, said portraying conjoined twins as entertainment was "morally reprehensible".

Good, we'll see you taking action against all those tv shows featuring dwarfs and Tourette's sufferers that infest the lower channels on Sky and streaming services then, will we? I mean, make up your minds - do you want more publicity for disability or don't you? 

The Online Safety Act requires platforms like Instagram to apply terms of service consistently, including where content mocks people based on protected characteristics, like their disability. The Equality and Human Rights Commission said the accounts flagged by the BBC were "deeply disturbing", adding: "It's vital there are robust regulatory powers in the digital space to protect people from harm."

What 'harm' is being done here? And to whom?