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The report

Futurism reported ten Facebook accounts posting near-photorealistic AI videos of older coaches touching young female gymnasts, dancers and yoga students.

Cleared

A week later eight had been told they did not break Meta's rules, and Facebook was recommending more of the same videos to the reporting account.

Until a call

After Futurism contacted Meta's press office, every reported page came down and the earlier notices were changed to say the pages "go against our Community Standards." Some clips had passed 100,000 views.

Sources and the full story

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Meta cleared AI videos of coaches touching young athletes until a reporter called

Futurism reported ten Facebook accounts posting near-photorealistic AI videos of older coaches touching young female gymnasts, dancers and yoga students. A week later eight had been told they did not break Meta's rules, and Facebook was recommending more of the same videos to the reporting account. After Futurism contacted Meta's press office, every reported page came down and the earlier notices were changed to say the pages "go against our Community Standards." Some clips had passed 100,000 views. SourcesB

Sources

• BMeta AI videos of coaches inappropriately touching young athletes (Futurism)futurism.com

This story ran in the Morning Brief of November 3rd 2026.