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Last month, the BBC reported on a growing cluster of Instagram accounts posting AI-generated images and videos of women with disabilities  – including Down’s syndrome, amputations and even fabricated “conjoined twins” – in highly sexualised scenarios designed to attract followers and direct traffic toward monetised adult platforms. At first glance, these profiles might appear to be little more than another grotesque curiosity of the internet. Yet the phenomenon points toward