Teens Are Using AI-Fueled 'Slander Pages' to Mock Their Teachers

"The clip, posted to the Instagram account @thewyliefiles, has been liked more than 107,000 times. Its caption reads like a large language model's overview of the Wylie Independent School District in Collin County, Texas, where the singing superintendent was formerly employed, boasting about its 'strong academics' and 'wide range of extracurriculars.'"

"The skit is just one example of a new AI-video meme trend on Instagram and TikTok that students have invented to mock the school's faculty and sometimes attack their reputations, seemingly for the sake of virality. These largely student-run accounts have earned the nickname 'slander pages' online. They're a digital mutation of the average high school prank, but with potentially much higher stakes."

"Some 'slander' videos use the AI image-to-video tool Viggle AI, which gives creators the ability to insert any photographed person into any reference video, as well as animate a static image into a lip-sync video format."

Student-run 'slander pages' on Instagram and TikTok use AI-generated videos to mock school faculty and administrators, representing a digital evolution of traditional high school pranks with significantly higher stakes. These accounts employ AI tools like Viggle AI to create deepfake lip-sync videos featuring real people, including school officials, politicians, and public figures in compromising or absurd scenarios. The memes incorporate slang terminology from manosphere forums, including terms like 'mog' and 'sub5,' which originated from unsavory internet communities focused on appearance-based hierarchies. These posts accumulate substantial engagement, with some receiving over 100,000 likes, suggesting widespread participation in this trend among student populations.

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