The clips are part of a disturbing series of videos showing fake versions of missing or murdered children, including Madeleine McCann, Baby P and Rhys Jones
The mum of James Bulger has hit out at fake TikTok images of her son talking about his murder. Furious Denise Fergus branded the AI-generated videos “disgusting”. She added: “It is bringing a dead child back to life. It is beyond sick.”
The videos only deepen the Âunimaginable heartache his family have suffered since the toddler was murdered, Denise says. She blasted AI-generated images of the two-year-old that she says exploit his shocking killing at the hands of 10-year-old thugs Jon Venables and Robert Thompson. And she pleaded with the platform to take them down.
Dozens of creepy clips show animated children telling viewers: “Hello, my name is James Bulger.” The cartoon-style Âcharacters give details of his 1993 Âabduction and murder. James’ body was found by a railway and many of the TikTok images show the avatar by train tracks.
They are part of a disturbing series of videos showing fake versions of missing or murdered kids, including Madeleine McCann, Baby P and Rhys Jones. Some have been viewed tens of Âthousands of times and come with no content warning. Denise, 55, said she was particularly upset with appears to be a close copy of a photo of James, with his lips moving.