00:00A number of strange Instagram accounts have garnered attention recently as concerned netizens
00:04have discovered that they seem to be run by a grown man pretending to be children.
00:07Several accounts, including one called truthsticks11, would share photos allegedly
00:11from the mother of her son at school, but the images usually had something off about them,
00:16often seeming to be AI-generated. Another related account was girlchloe12,
00:20which was also alleged to be run by a young girl and her mother that posted similar content.
00:24The account also posted alleged photos of Chloe, only these seem to be more realistic
00:29and may have been taken from the account of an actual child. Unusually, both of these accounts
00:33featured similar wording and graphics, as well as a strange fascination with a particular type
00:38of shoe, the high-heeled miniboot. Most bizarre of all was the account smartschoolboy9, which
00:43made similar posts pretending to be a school-age child. However, rather than pose as a child
00:47through AI art, smartschoolboy9 uploaded videos of himself, a man who is clearly an adult dressed in
00:53a schoolboy outfit with high-heeled miniboots, crudely applied white face paint, and big red
00:57lips. The account also posted a video of himself posing as a schoolboy in a school uniform.
01:01The account also posted a video of himself posing as a schoolboy in a school uniform.
01:05The account also posted a video of himself posing as a schoolboy in a school uniform.
01:09The account also posted a video of himself posing as a schoolboy in a school uniform.
01:13The account also posted a video of himself posing as a schoolboy in a school uniform.
01:17The account also posted a video of himself posing as a schoolboy in a school uniform.
01:21The account also posted a video of himself posing as a schoolboy in a school uniform.
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