Frontline Lab summary and source
The poster said they jokingly called themselves 17F in a post, after which a 24-year-old man messaged them; the photo he sent was AI-generated. The post gained attention over risks of grooming minors, harassment via online DMs, and the controversy around using AI images as “bait” to expose suspicious behavior.
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