AI videos let young people adopt the guise of DFS agents, sparking debate over glorifying corruption and impunity
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oung people in Mexico are taking to TikTok to imagine themselves as agents from the country’s 1970s secret police, the DFS – a force which was infamous for torturing, murdering or disappearing thousands during the country’s “dirty war”.
The trend, which has sparked condemnation by some users on the social media platform, has seen young people use AI to transform themselves into agents glorifying the “absolute impunity” afforded to the notoriously corrupt and brutally violent secret police.
The videos mostly show young men in grey or brown suits standing proudly in front of a 1970s Cadillac or Rolls Royce, accompanied by catchy Mexican music and variations of the same text: “I would’ve loved to live in the 70s with my DFS badge, total impunity … smelling of whiskey and smoke with a shitload of money.”
