"After federal immigration officers shot Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, social media users called for the unmasking of the agents responsible. On X, users shared photos of the agents involved. It didn't take long before A.I.-generated pictures made their appearance: One user posted a seemingly deepfaked picture of a masked ICE agent, writing, "This is one of the soulless lowlife ghouls who executed Alex Pretti in cold blood! Justice will come!" The post received over 680,000 views."
"Earlier this month, after Renee Nicole Good was killed by an ICE agent, X users turned to the platform's chatbot Grok to try to identify the agent involved. The resulting images of the unmasked agent went viral, but identified the wrong individuals. The names of the wrongly identified men were shared in posts alongside calls to arrest them. Steven Grove, a gun store owner in Springfield, Missouri, who was one of the people misidentified, received death threats and attacks online."
After federal immigration officers shot Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, social media users sought to unmask the masked agents, sharing photos and A.I.-generated images that went viral. One deepfaked picture of a masked ICE agent attracted over 680,000 views. After Renee Nicole Good's killing, users employed X's chatbot Grok to generate unmasked images, which incorrectly identified innocent men whose names circulated with calls for arrest. One misidentified man, Steven Grove, received death threats and online attacks. Proponents argue that A.I. tools can fill ICE's accountability gap, while the same technologies risk false identification and replicate abuses by targeted agencies.
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