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I tried to spread the word on how #ElonMusk, #AndrewTate & #TommyRobinson spread & fueled #FarRight #racist #disinformation re the identity of the Southport stabbing attacker – born in the #UK –a few days ago…

links to threads

https://masto.ai/@Nonilex/112904004446792669

https://masto.ai/@Nonilex/112904267978964939

+ #GiftArticle w/the specifics of their racist & irresponsible actions.

#UK #InternetManipulation #Moderation

…This #deepfake comes after one shared by #Musk himself 8 days earlier, which doctored a high-profile #Harris political ad “Freedom.” In that one, the fake audio using Harris’s voice depicted her calling herself “the ultimate diversity hire” & degrading POTUS Biden. “This is amazing,” Musk wrote in his post sharing the video, w/a laughing emoji. Musk’s post, still online, has received >134M views.

#ElonMusk #ElectionInterference #disinformation #FarRight #propaganda #InternetManipulation

The video was soon re-shared on X by an acct that posts content verbatim from #Trump’s feed on Truth Social. That acct on X has >800k followers, &, as of late Sun, the post containing the #Harris #deepfake had >620k views.

The video appears to be in violation of X’s terms of service, which prohibit the sharing of “synthetic, manipulated, or out-of-context media that may deceive or confuse people & lead to harm.”

#ElonMusk #ElectionInterference #propaganda #MediaLiteracy #InternetManipulation

The video is obviously #manipulated & easily debunked by viewing the unaltered footage, which shows #Harris speaking smoothly, w/o repeating the same words & phrases as portrayed in the doctored video.

The video, whose origin is unclear, was posted by #Trump himself on Truth Social on Sat, accompanied by a rant in which he calls Harris “DUMB!” & “extremely Low IQ.”

#ElonMusk #ElectionInterference #law #X #disinformation #FarRight #propaganda #SocialMedia #Moderation #InternetManipulation

#ElonMusk said he wanted #Grok to be unfiltered & “answer spicy questions that are rejected by most other #AI systems.”

The secretaries of state, who are the chief #elections officers in their states, are objecting not to Grok’s tone but its factual inaccuracies & the sluggishness [unwillingness] of the company’s move to correct bad information.

#disinformation #InternetManipulation #Security #SocialMedia #Moderation #regulation #law #ElectionInterference #FarRight

The letter, spearheaded by #Minnesota #SecretaryOfState Steve Simon & signed by his counterparts Al Schmidt of #Pennsylvania, Steve Hobbs of #Washington, Jocelyn Benson of #Michigan & Maggie Toulouse Oliver of #NewMexico, urges #Musk to “immediately implement changes to #X’s #AI #SearchAssistant, #Grok, to ensure #voters have accurate #information in this critical #election year.”

#disinformation #InternetManipulation #Security #SocialMedia #Moderation #regulation #law #ElectionInterference

For more on how #ElonMusk, #AndrewTate & #TommyRobinson spread & fueled #FarRight #racist #disinformation about the identity of the Southport stabbing attacker – who was born in the #UK – here is a #GiftArticle w/the specifics of their #racist & irresponsible actions.

#InternetManipulation #SocialMedia
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/31/world/europe/uk-stabbing-southport-riot-police.html?unlocked_article_code=1.AU4.vNHZ.rnjJuCHskJKF&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb