AI-Generated TikTok Videos of James Bulgur’s Murder Story

Title: AI-Generated TikTok Videos of James Bulgur’s Murder Story
Content: The mother of murdered toddler James Bulger has told of her agony after discovering TikTok ghouls have created AI videos of her son talking about his own murder. James, two, was abducted, tortured and beaten to death by 10-year-olds Jon Venables and Robert Thompson in 1993 in a crime which shocked the nation. The pair became the youngest ever to be convicted of murder after James’ body was found on a railway track two days later. But mother Denise Fergus has told how sick individuals continue to take advantage of her grief three decades later by creating ‘disgusting’ AI videos. The clips, which have been shared on TikTok, but also other platforms including YouTube and Instagram, feature AI-generated digital clones of James speaking about the murder in the first person. Other sick films show AI-generated depictions of James’ kidnapping, and even police interviews in which the killers deny any wrongdoing. Some even depicted AI images of the toddler’s body left abandoned on the railway tracks. Ms. Fergus told the BBC the videos were ‘absolutely disgusting’ and that the creators behind them ‘don’t understand how much they’re hurting people’. James, two, was abducted, tortured and beaten to death by 10-year-olds Jon Venables and Robert Thompson in 1993 in a crime which shocked the nation. Mother Denise Fergus has told how sick individuals continue to take advantage of her grief three decades later by creating ‘disgusting’ AI videos. She added: ‘It plays on your mind. It’s something that you can’t get away from. When you see that image, it stays with you.’ Ms. Fergus said TikTok has failed to respond to her requests to have the videos taken down, as government warned that such videos are considered illegal under the Online Safety Act. Similar content found on Instagram and YouTube has since been removed, the companies said. A TikTok spokesperson said: ‘We do not allow harmful AI-generated content on our platform and we proactively find 96% of content that breaks these rules before it is reported to us.’ A YouTube spokesperson said the platform’s guidelines ‘prohibit content that realistically simulates deceased individuals describing their death’. The spokesperso…