General · 3 December 2025
AI racist videos earn TikTok creators millions: 4.5B views.
Investigation reveals AI-generated videos promoting anti-immigrant hatred have accumulated over 4.5 billion views across TikTok platforms. Content creators use tools like Google's Veo 3 to produce racist videos depicting violence against migrants on boats, generating millions in ad revenue. Despite TikTok's community guidelines prohibiting hate speech, the platform struggles to detect and remove AI-generated content at scale. Multiple investigations found creators monetizing anti-immigrant sentiment through TikTok Shop, with some earning hundreds of thousands from racist merchandise sales.
Reported by The Bureau of Investigative Journalism · How we write briefs