Are AI "memes" damaging our minds? Experts fear that the days when memes were just innocent fun and games are gone forever. Instead, they could now be radicalising a generation.
How ‘Amelia’ was taken over by extremists
Meme menace: A new wave of AI-generated characters, including purple-haired Amelia (above), is being used to spread radical ideologies and extremist messages among young audiences. Glossary
Scaremongering - The spreading of frightening or ominous reports or rumours.
Extremists - People who hold extreme political or religious views, especially ones who choose violence or other extreme action.
Cryptocurrency - A digital currency in which transactions are verified and records maintained by a decentralised system using cryptography, rather than by a centralised authority.
Incel - Short for involuntary celibate, the mostly online subculture defines itself as people who are unable to get a romantic or sexual partner despite wanting one.
Feminism - Calling for women's rights with the aim of achieving gender equality.
Radicalisation - The process by which people come to support radical, extreme or even terrorist ideas.