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”.
He added: “What we have here is technology weaponised to strip disabled people of their agency and dignity, turning our lived experiences into digital caricatures for the profit and titillation of others.”
Medical charities have also voiced concern. A spokesperson for Gemini Untwined, which funds specialist surgery for rare newborns joined by the head, said portraying conjoined twins as entertainment was “morally reprehensible”.
They added: “We witness first-hand the medical challenges that these children and their families endure, which makes the portrayal of conjoined twins as a form of entertainment or spectacle especially problematic.”