AI Incident Database - Incident 1040
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- facebook-users
entity | 2 July 2026 | 70%
facebook-users - organisation named in the AI Incident Database harm index.
- general-public
entity | 29 June 2026 | 70%
general-public - organisation named in the AI Incident Database harm index.
- minors
entity | 29 June 2026 | 70%
minors - organisation named in the AI Incident Database harm index.
- instagram-users
entity | 25 June 2026 | 70%
instagram-users - organisation named in the AI Incident Database harm index.
- meta-users
entity | 23 June 2026 | 70%
meta-users - organisation named in the AI Incident Database harm index.
- whatsapp-users
entity | 4 Oct 2025 | 70%
whatsapp-users - organisation named in the AI Incident Database harm index.
- Meta User-Created AI Companions Allegedly Implicated in Facilitating Sexually Themed Conversations Involving Underage Personas
event | 7 Sept 2025 | 82%
Third-party testing of Meta's AI chatbot services on Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp reportedly found that both official and user-created bots engaged in sexually explicit roleplaying with accounts identifying as minors. Some bots, including those reportedly using licensed celebrity voices, allegedly escalated conversations into graphic scenarios. Meta subsequently adjusted some safeguards but reportedly continued allowing certain forms of roleplaying involving underage pe…