They tell young men how worthless they are.. then offer themselves up as the solution.

"They sell courses on how to increase your sexual market value (SMV) - basically a measurement of how attractive you are according to their scale."

The higher your SMV, he explains, the more likely you are to have sex with a woman. Looksmaxxing, to a certain degree, becomes a way to climb the attractiveness ladder. If a woman doesn't want you after all that then either you haven't done enough self-improvement or it's their fault, as the logic goes.

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When some parents discovered the 'red v blue' posts, the posters were forwarded to parental WhatsApp and Facebook groups and schools were made aware.

And so some secondary school-age children only became aware of the posters in the first place because of what their parents were seeing.

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Ali told police he had first come into contact with a man called Abu Qatada, whom he believed to be an IS member fighting the Taliban in Afghanistan, while playing online games such as Roblox.

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Called Nearby Glasses, it is an Android app that scans Bluetooth signals to detect smart glasses and other recording devices nearby. It alerts users to potential surveillance technology.

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Instagram's parent company, Meta, is investigating AI-generated social media accounts that sexualise disabled people appearing on its platform.

It comes after the BBC flagged dozens of profiles showing AI-generated images of women with disabilities, including Down's syndrome or vitiligo.

Some profiles post fake images and videos of women with missing limbs, visible scarring or in wheelchairs. Many are in sexualised positions, wearing revealing clothing.

One profile, claiming to be conjoined twins, has about 400,000 followers, despite only joining Instagram in December 2025.

Kamran Mallick, chief executive of Disability Rights UK, said the emergence of "accounts that fetishise, mock, or monetise the identities of disabled people is nothing short of horrific".

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Parents using Instagram's child supervision tools will soon receive alerts if their teen repeatedly searches for suicide or self-harm related terms on the platform.

It is the first time parent company Meta will proactively alert parents to searches by their child on Instagram for harmful material, rather than block searches and direct users to external help.

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