Published on, Aug. 31 -- August 31, 2025 5:42 PM

Meta has come under fire for creating digital chatbots resembling Taylor Swift, Scarlett Johansson, Anne Hathaway, and Selena Gomez without permission, raising concerns about misuse of celebrity likenesses and privacy violations.

Investigations revealed that some bots, built by users and even Meta employees, engaged in flirty and sexual conversations while falsely claiming to be real celebrities, intensifying debates over digital impersonation and AI ethics.

Furthermore, child celebrities like 16-year-old Walker Scobell were not spared, as bots generated inappropriate lifelike images, sparking outrage from child safety advocates and lawmakers demanding stricter controls on AI platforms....