Muse News

by @tabber

OCT 18, 2026

Muse's adult chats spark creator backlash over double standard

Meta confirmed the 18+ Muse app allows explicit one-on-one chats by design. Adult creators say that standard is one they have never been granted on Instagram and Facebook.

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    • Meta confirmed to WIRED that explicit chats are allowed in the 18-only Muse app, inside what it calls a private, secure VM only the user can access.
    • A spokesperson said private one-on-one AI chats follow different rules than promoting adult services on a public network.
    • Earlier, Meta said it would not "block legal adult behavior" in the app.
    • OnlyFans creators say Instagram restricts, flags, or removes their accounts repeatedly while Meta's own agent can talk dirty with millions of adults.
    • NYC creator Vanniall says her 100k-follower account is restricted and she fights constant appeals; Jiz Lee wants to know how the model was trained and whether performers were paid.
    • Performer Tony Genius says he is on his seventh Instagram account in five years.
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