Neil Brennan

AI-generated ‘poverty porn’ fake images being used by aid agencies Exclusive: Pictures depicting the most vulnerable and poorest people are being used in social media campaigns in the sector, driven by concerns over consent and cost Supported by theguardian.org About this content Aisha Down Mon 20 Oct 2025 08.00 CEST AI-generated images of extreme poverty, children and sexual violence survivors are flooding stock photo sites and increasingly being used by leading health NGOs, according to global health professionals who have voiced concern over a new era of “poverty porn”.

AI-generated images of extreme poverty now appear in their dozens on popular stock photo sites, including Adobe Stock Photos and Freepik, in response to queries such as “poverty”. Many bear captions such as “Photorealistic kid in refugee camp”; “Asian children swim in a river full of waste”; and “Caucasian white volunteer provides medical consultation to young black children in African village”. Adobe sells licences to the last two photos in that list for about £60.

In the past, leading charities have used AI-generated images as part of their communications strategies on global health. In 2023, the Dutch arm of UK charity Plan International released a video campaign against child marriage containing AI-generated images of a girl with a black eye, an older man and a pregnant teenager. Last year, the UN posted a video on YouTube with AI-generated “re-enactments” of sexual violence in conflict, which included AI-generated testimony from a Burundian woman describing being raped by three men and left to die in 1993 during the country’s civil war. The video was removed after the Guardian contacted the UN for comment.

You already know this is bad, but I absolutely guarantee the details in this article are at least 12x as bad as you think they are

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The president of the United States posted a video of him defecating on the American people. Many in my profession normalized it. This is a big reason why we are where we are.

The Majority AI View - Anil Dash A blog about making culture. Since 1999.

Okay, for the folks who asked: here's the majority AI view, writing up the reasonable, thoughtful view on AI that the vast majority of people in tech hold, that gets overshadowed by the bluster and hype of the tycoons trying to shill their nonsense. anildash.com/2025/10/17/t... Please share!

Not that anyone seems to care, but just a quick reminder that Hungary is still a member state of the ICC and Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin still under indictment by the Court and Hungary still under an obligation to arrest him.

Everybody who is in support of letting Football Thugs come to the UK because they are from Israel.

Shame on you, you are a disgrace.

America is failing to attract new scientists. Graph showing every other major western country except Canada (roughly the same) up in percentage from last year for webpage views of PhD programs. Australia, Switzerland and Italy all +40%, USA down over 25%.

America’s brain drain

No words

Nigel Farage went to Dulwich College which when he attended was more expensive than Eton

He earns £1.5m a year, 92% of which comes from dodgy donations

His girlfriend pays £885,000 in cash to buy houses but she's a waitress.

He's not a 'working man' he's very rich and corrupt

WHO says ready to scale up health support following Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal The World Health Organization says it stands ready to scale up its support in Gaza following a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas.

This proves #ApartheidIsrael was intentionally starving #Gaza. The UN was ready to go at the drop of a hat. #IDF & the rabid Zionists intentionally prevented the trucks from entering.

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#NaziAmerica

Bari Weiss named editor-in-chief of CBS News as Paramount acquires The Free Press Paramount, a Skydance Corporation, has announced the acquisition of The Free Press. Its co-founder and CEO, Bari Weiss, will join CBS News as editor-in-chief.

Dictators seeks absolute control over every facet of society, including citizens’ thoughts and actions. This form of governance recognizes no limits to its authority, aiming to regulate public and private life, as such, media control is key for maintaining power.

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I can’t believe I have to say this, but historically, masked men who kidnap families in the middle of the night are usually not the good guys.

“We later found out that Hamas had offered on October 9 or 10 to release all the civilian hostages in exchange for the IDF not entering the Strip but the [Israeli] government rejected the offer.”

A news alert text from Sky News. It says: Lists of Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners to be released under swap deal have been exchanged, Hamas says.

Israelis are hostages. But Palestinians are prisoners.

Language matters. But, two years on, apparently it still doesn’t to many mainstream media outlets.

What a failure it has been.

News Corp Australia chair says social media platforms are ‘true monsters’ and ‘torment our children’ Michael Miller also says media must unite against second ‘big steal’ by tech companies seeking changes to copyright law to access content for free

Does this dickhead not realise most of the crap on social media comes from the Murdoch stable of lies and ignorance? #Newscorpse www.theguardian.com/media/2025/o...

Not one government has told Israel to stop kidnapping their citizens in international waters and let them bring baby formula to starving babies. What a shameful time to be alive

A screenshot of an X.com post by @dieworkwear , derek guy, posted 9 hours ago, stating, "this is the jacket's breast pocket's lining pulled up to make it look like a pocket square," accompanied by two images. The left image shows a man in a suit, identified as Stephen Miller, White House Deputy Chief of Staff, speaking on a Fox News segment titled "On Violence Against ICE Agents" with locations Phoenix and San Diego listed. The right image is a close-up of the man's jacket breast pocket, revealing the lining pulled up to resemble a pocket square.

Pointing this out is now a deportable offense though.

The fact Wong thinks she can just snark her way out of this is a sign of how normalised the relationships between politicians and lobbyists have become.

Like, of course the PM shouldn't be president of a registered lobby group that sells corporate members access to politicians? No shit??

Wall-E was a documentary

Statement on Cancellation of Chris Hedges’ confirmed appearance at the National Press Club of Australia  — Australian Friends of Palestine Association AFOPA is responding to the Statement published on 4 October 2025 by the National Press Club of Australia ( NPC) in relation to their cancellation of Chris Hedges’ confirmed appearance at the National ...

It looks very much like the National Press Club statement lied about their cancellation of Chris Hedges. His appearance WAS confirmed, and even listed on the website, according to this.
(Hedges believes his talk on Gaza was cancelled following pressure from the pro-Israel lobby):

Once upon a time, if a president head lied this brazenly, it would be considered a disgrace by both political parties

If you believe a pensioner saying 'Free Palestine' is a threat on your life, you are either lying or are delusional. We shouldn't just accommodate this bullshit anymore.

They are proud of committing genocide.

First they came for Ben Roberts-Smith, and everyone went "he's over there, hiding behind Kerry Stokes' couch"

Who’s next?!

ICE agents rappelled from helicopters and stormed a Chicago apartment building. They battered down doors, smashed belongings, and dragged entire families - including NAKED CHILDREN - from their homes in the middle of the night. They zip-tied them, tossed them into unmarked vans.

“Terrible things are happening outside. At any time of night and day, poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes .... Families are torn apart; men, women and children are separated."

-Anne Frank

Australia determinedly blocked refugees from Sri Lanka at times they were being massacred. Australia provided Sri Lanka with navy vessels to prevent refugees from fleeing the deadly island.

We are complicit.

The National Press Club of Australia, caving to the Israeli lobby, Cancels My Talk on Our Betrayal of Palestinian Journalists The National Press Club of Australia cancelled my talk on how the media, by amplifying Israeli lies, have betrayed Palestinian journalists, 278 of whom have been assassinated by Israel.

CHRIS HEDGES says his talk at National Press Club on “The Betrayal of Palestinian Journalists” - focusing on the amplification of Israeli lies in the press - has been cancelled.

“In the interest of balancing out our program”, chief executive of NPC Maurice Reilly

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