AI grifters are creating fake Black people to sell Shein junk

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May 30, 2026 - 18:33
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AI grifters are creating fake Black people to sell Shein junk
three screenshots of Black TikTok sellers, apparently AI generated, with a green background and belt buckle inlays
TikTok sellers that appear to be AI generated, in tears. | The Verge

Aliyah, a light-skinned Black woman dressed in country-western gear, is struggling to sell metal buckles she handmade on TikTok. In a video for the social media platform from March, she cries to the camera and pleads for views: "Even as a black woman, I have more faith that white women will stay 13 seconds [on this video] to save my belt buckle business," the onscreen text reads. She wipes a tear off her cheek.

But Aliyah isn't real, and neither are her supposedly handmade products - she's one of many AI-generated influencers created to sell mass-produced products via dropshipping on TikTok, Facebook, and Instagram. Identical belt buckles …

Read the full story at The Verge.

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