Laura Holliday
@laurahday.bsky.social
Internet culture journalist reporting on online communities, folklore, AI, digital true crime & more. laurahollidaywrites@gmail.com.
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Platforms want to keep you online for as long as possible but rainbows & unicorns dont keep people engaged. Outrageous, toxic content does. Demonetization is not solving the problem. Platforms breed toxicity bc of the business model My interview @wired.com @laurahday.bsky.social tinyurl.com/2jmfjmn7
‘Cheapfake’ AI Celeb Videos Are Rage-Baiting People on YouTube
WIRED found over 100 YouTube channels using AI to create lazy fan-fiction-style videos. Despite being obviously fake, there’s a psychological reason people are falling for them.
tinyurl.com
August 20, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Platforms want to keep you online for as long as possible but rainbows & unicorns dont keep people engaged. Outrageous, toxic content does. Demonetization is not solving the problem. Platforms breed toxicity bc of the business model My interview @wired.com @laurahday.bsky.social tinyurl.com/2jmfjmn7
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Judging by how much cross-posting is going on with these channels, AI is going to make it much harder to regulate this type of content. more here: www.wired.com/story/dozens...
Dozens of YouTube Channels Are Showing AI-Generated Cartoon Gore and Fetish Content
A WIRED investigation found that dozens of YouTube channels are using generative AI to depict cartoon cats and minions being beaten, starved, and sexualized—sparking fears of a new Elsagate wave.
www.wired.com
May 2, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Judging by how much cross-posting is going on with these channels, AI is going to make it much harder to regulate this type of content. more here: www.wired.com/story/dozens...
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this builds off @knibbs.bsky.social's reporting on the rise of AI-generated kid-focused content on YouTube as well as reporting on Elsagate, which saw sexualized content featuring Disney characters on the platform. www.wired.com/story/your-k...
Your Kid May Already Be Watching AI-Generated Videos on YouTube
Get-rich-quick hustlers say it’s a great time to push AI-generated kids videos on YouTube. WIRED found some channels targeting children that appear to be already embracing the technology.
www.wired.com
May 2, 2025 at 1:55 PM
this builds off @knibbs.bsky.social's reporting on the rise of AI-generated kid-focused content on YouTube as well as reporting on Elsagate, which saw sexualized content featuring Disney characters on the platform. www.wired.com/story/your-k...
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“A number of videos have also been removed for violating our Child Safety policy,” a YouTube spokesperson told WIRED. “As always, all content uploaded to YouTube is subject to our Community Guidelines and quality principles for kids—regardless of how it’s generated.”
May 2, 2025 at 1:48 PM
“A number of videos have also been removed for violating our Child Safety policy,” a YouTube spokesperson told WIRED. “As always, all content uploaded to YouTube is subject to our Community Guidelines and quality principles for kids—regardless of how it’s generated.”
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Nightmare fuel. @laurahday.bsky.social found YouTube channels, explicitly or implicitly targeting kids, showing AI-generated cartoon cats and minions being abused. YT removed a couple channels as a result of WIRED's story, but dozens of similar channels remain up: www.wired.com/story/dozens...
Dozens of YouTube Channels Are Showing AI-Generated Cartoon Gore and Fetish Content
A WIRED investigation found that dozens of YouTube channels are using generative AI to depict cartoon cats and minions being beaten, starved, and sexualized—sparking fears of a new Elsagate wave.
www.wired.com
May 2, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Nightmare fuel. @laurahday.bsky.social found YouTube channels, explicitly or implicitly targeting kids, showing AI-generated cartoon cats and minions being abused. YT removed a couple channels as a result of WIRED's story, but dozens of similar channels remain up: www.wired.com/story/dozens...
Now hiring on Upwork - AI slopywriters 😭
April 2, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Now hiring on Upwork - AI slopywriters 😭
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Connor Ferguson hopped on video and explained his situation. Go and give it a watch. His story deserves to be heard instead of silenced by a maniac...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMtF...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMtF...
on being pursued by a predator online for years, yet again
YouTube video by Connor Douglas Ferguson
www.youtube.com
February 3, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Connor Ferguson hopped on video and explained his situation. Go and give it a watch. His story deserves to be heard instead of silenced by a maniac...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMtF...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMtF...
It's Severance day!!!!!!
Time to go to work in the shit factory!
January 24, 2025 at 11:36 AM
It's Severance day!!!!!!
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I would love to make a starter pack for UK-based freelance journalists joining Bluesky to help get commissions, please let me know if that's you or someone you've worked with (freelance journalists outside the UK will be next!)
November 20, 2024 at 10:38 AM
I would love to make a starter pack for UK-based freelance journalists joining Bluesky to help get commissions, please let me know if that's you or someone you've worked with (freelance journalists outside the UK will be next!)