Fake weight-loss videos on social media – level 1

Fake weight-loss videos on social media

26-08-2026 07:00

Many weight-loss videos on TikTok are fake. Reporters find 11 TikTok accounts which sell an app called Her75.

The videos show different women, but they have the same body and move in the same way. People use AI to put new faces on stolen videos from real users. But if you look closely, you can see some mistakes.

The app company does not talk to reporters, but TikTok deletes the bad accounts. Experts say that AI makes it very easy to make fake videos. Users should look closely at videos before they buy apps or products online.

Difficult words: weight-loss video (a video which shows how someone gets slim), stolen (when someone takes something what is not theirs), delete (to remove information, files, or accounts completely).

You can watch the original video in the Level 3 section.

What signs in the videos suggested the faces were added using AI?

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