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- OnlyFans creators including Vanniall, Jiz Lee, and Tony Genius told WIRED they're frustrated that Meta's Muse AI agent is allowed to sext adult users while their Instagram accounts face repeated restrictions and bans.
- Meta defended the policy split in a statement through spokesperson Tracy Clayton, saying a private one-to-one conversation between an adult and an AI agent on an 18+ platform is "very different from the marketing and promotion of services on a social platform."
- Meta's Muse app launched as an always-on AI assistant distributed through Instagram and Facebook, hit the top of download charts in its first month, and explicitly allows X-rated text conversations but does not generate images or videos.
- Vanniall, a New York City OnlyFans creator with over 100,000 followers, said her Instagram account is currently restricted and she constantly battles hyperrealistic deepfakes of herself circulating online that she often can't get removed.
- Jiz Lee traced platform censorship of adult content back to FOSTA-SESTA, the 2018 law signed by President Trump that weakened Section 230 protections, and questioned whether anyone was compensated for the data used to train Muse.
- Tony Genius, who claims to be on his seventh Instagram account in five years, said companies advertising AI agents at industry award shows "get booed like crazy" and warned fully AI-generated porn could displace human performers.
Why it matters: OnlyFans creators say Meta's stance lets its Muse AI sext adults in an 18+ app while their accounts on the same company's Instagram and Facebook get repeatedly restricted — one creator claims he's on his seventh Instagram account in five years, showing the visibility cost of relying on Meta's platforms to reach paying subscribers while competing against an AI the company itself is distributing.
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