2026-01-13
A new bleak-sounding app has taken China by storm. — Named Are You Dead? the concept is simple. You need to check in with it every two days - clicking a large button - to confirm that you are alive. If not, it will get in touch with your appointed emergency contact — www.bbc.com/news/article...
Financial Times
A viral Chinese app called “Are You Dead?” that asks users living alone to “check in” with a button press becomes the top paid app in Apple's App Store in China
2025-08-29
They have also criticised Facebook's parent company Meta, saying it allows users on its platform to turn the atrocity into an “emotional game”. — www.bbc.com/news/article...
BBC
An investigation finds spammers are deploying Holocaust-themed AI slop images across Facebook, in an attempt to game Meta's content monetization program
An international network of spammers are posting AI-generated images of Holocaust victims on Facebook, a BBC investigation into “AI slop” has found. Bluesky: @newjukeboxcafe , @dis...