#Democrats flip #SocialMedia *#censorship* complaints on #Musk, #GOP
#ElonMusk’s #X is facing #impartiality questions after he endorsed #Trump & the *platform* restricted pro-#Harris account.
#Republicans have spent the better part of a decade accusing #SocialMedia companies of “censoring” *#conservative* viewpoints & skewing their platforms to benefit Democrats.
#VoteBlue
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/08/13/democrats-flip-social-media-censorship-complaints-musk-gop/
Now #Democrats are turning that complaint around, questioning whether #GOP ally #ElonMusk’s #X is suppressing #content favoring MVP #KamalaHarris to help #Trump’s reelection bid.
On Mon, Rep #JerryNadler (D) called on House #Judiciary Chair #GymJordan (R) to “investigate political censorship” on X, citing the company’s #chatbot, #Grok, falsely telling users #Harris was ineligible to appear on the 2024 ballot.
#SocialMedia #moderation #disinformation #tech #policy #regulation
#VoteBlue
The #X chatbot shared the #disinformation for >1 week until it was corrected in late July.
In a press release announcing the move, #JerryNadler’s office cited #GymJordan’s “extensive focus on allegations of #censorship on #SocialMedia this #Congress.”
#ElonMusk #bias #ElectionInterference #law #moderation #disinformation #tech #policy #regulation
#VoteBlue
#JerryNadler (D) voiced similar concerns in a letter last month after some users reported temporarily being unable to follow an #X account for the #Harris campaign. Nadler wrote that if X was “intentionally throttling or blocking” the account, it would “amount to egregious #censorship.”
#ElonMusk #bias #ElectionInterference #law #SocialMedia #moderation #disinformation #tech #policy #regulation
#VoteBlue
https://nadler.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=396208
The missives reflect growing fear among #Democrats that #ElonMusk — who has vocally endorsed #Trump & *interviewed* him on the site late Monday — could use his platform to give Trump & other #Republicans a leg up in this year’s elections.
A handful of recent #content #moderation decisions by #X have heightened those concerns.
#Musk #bias #ElectionInterference #law #SocialMedia #moderation #disinformation #tech #policy #regulation
#VoteBlue
In addition to the apparent restriction on the #Harris campaign account & erroneous #Grok replies, some pro-Harris accounts have been labeled as #spam, incl #WhiteDudesForHarris & #ProgressivesForHarris, as Trisha Thadani reported.
#ElonMusk #bias #ElectionInterference #law #SocialMedia #moderation #disinformation #tech #policy #regulation
#VoteBlue
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/08/07/musk-x-harris-bias/
Bianca Recto, comms dir for the watchdog group #AccountableTech, said #SocialMedia platforms have “outsize #influence to tip the scales one way or another” in an #election. When an owner like #Musk makes it “clear that he’s going to use his social platform to support one side,” she said, “the playing field isn’t level.”
Before #ElonMusk’s takeover, #Republicans routinely bashed the platform…over accusations it was #censoring *#conservatives*.
#ElonMusk amplified the #GOP’s claims &, after buying #Twitter, promised to reverse course. But his public championing of #Trump’s campaign, coupled w/the recent restrictions of pro-#Harris accounts, are stoking concerns on the left that #Musk is engaging in the same [though previously mischaracterized as such] “#censorship” he decried.
#bias #ElectionInterference #law #SocialMedia #moderation #disinformation #tech #policy #regulation
#VoteBlue
Some #Democrats have even borrowed the argument from #GOP ofcls that recent actions by #Musk & his company amount to an #illegal in-kind campaign #contribution.
…those claims are no more likely to succeed w/regulators at the #FEC than similar ones did when #Republicans pushed them.
[also #SCOTUS recently ruled #SocialMedia #content #moderation is tantamount to #FreeSpeech]
#ElonMusk #bias #disinformation #tech #policy #regulation #ElectionInterference #law
#VoteBlue
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/26/us/politics/supreme-court-biden-free-speech.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb
#Trump returns to #X w/ #TechnicalGlitches, softball questions from #Musk
Trump’s much anticipated conversation on #SocialMedia w/ #ElonMusk was marred by #tech errors Mon evening, starting >40mins late as >1M users tuned in. It was the latest mishap for the #Republican nom as he has sought to regain his footing amid a surge in #Democratic enthusiasm for his new rival, MVP #KamalaHarris.
#Trumpaganda #TrumpIsALoser #MuskIsALoser #weird #incompetent #SiliconValleyLayOffs
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/08/12/trump-returns-x-elon-musk-interview/
The joint appearance was also a high-profile #embarrassment for #Musk’s #X, which has faced numerous #outages since his takeover & suffered from a server #meltdown during a presidential campaign launch last year.
#ElonMusk billed the conversation w/ #Trump as “unscripted w/no limits on subject matter.” But during much of the discussion, he focused on comfortable topics for Trump….He also let Trump deliver his preferred talking points & a stream of false statements [#lies]….
#Engineers said it didn’t make sense that the rest of #X was functioning well while users struggled to access the stream. #DDoS attacks often look like an excess of regular traffic. W/*millions* of people expected to listen in [nope], ordinary traffic would have been high, & one way to prepare, adding #bandwidth capacity, would absorb most DDoS attacks.
#Trump #ElonMusk #Trumpaganda #TrumpIsALoser #MuskIsALoser #weird #weirdAF #tech #incompetent #wannabe #SiliconValleyLayOffs
Much of #Trump’s interview w/ #Musk [was full of #racist #WhiteSupremacist BS & flattery of #authoritarian regimes & #dictators] echoed his previous speeches, including attacking #Harris on #immigration & touting his relationships w/ #Russia’s President Vladimir #Putin & #NorthKorea’s leader #KimJongUn. He added that “the people from within” the #UnitedStates often pose a bigger #threat than those countries.
#UnAmerican #unfit #illiberal #ElonMusk #Trumpaganda #weird #Losers
When #Musk criticized #undocumented #immigration but said he believes most unauthorized migrants are not “bad,” #Trump responded in agreement: “Hundred percent.” Yet the #Republican nominee has vilified undocumented #immigrants throughout his campaign, saying w/o evidence that countries around the world are emptying their jails & mental institutions to send people into the #UnitedStates en masse. Trump repeated those unsubstantiated claims on Mon night.
#Trump also repeated his hope to shut down the #Education Dept, a longtime goal for some *#conservatives*. He said he wants to “move education back to the states” but conceded that “not every state will do great.” He predicted that maybe 35 of them would “do great.”
Trumpt’s speech during the interview sounded different…, drawing the attention of many #SocialMedia users & an attack from #Harris’s campaign. Some on social media said it sounded like he was #slurring his words.
#Trump also repeated his #lies about #crime in the #UnitedStates while simultaneously praising #authoritarianism: "In fact the next time what we’ll do is if something happens w/this #election, which would be a horror show we’ll meet the next time in #Venezuela, 'cuz it’ll be a far safer place to meet than our country. OK, so we’ll go, you & I will go & we’ll have a meeting & dinner in Venezuela, because that’s what’s happening."
#FactCheck #TrumpLies #ElonMusk #ElectionInterference #UnAmerican
As the Monday conversation appeared to come to a close, #Trump took a moment to praise #Musk for how many users tuned in to the event. Trump erroneously claimed that “60 million or something” were listening to the stream. Only 1.1 million were listening at that moment. #ElonMusk did not correct him.
#FactCheck #TrumpLies #Trumpaganda #TrumpIsALoser #MuskIsALoser #weird #weirdAF #tech #incompetent #wannabe #SiliconValleyLayOffs
The #HarrisWalz campaign responded appropriately to the 2 hour #X #Trumpaganda:
"#Trump's entire campaign is in service of people like #ElonMusk & himself - #SelfObsessed #rich guys who will sell out the #MiddleClass & who cannot run a #livestream in the year 2024."
#FactCheck #TrumpLies #Trumpaganda #TrumpIsALoser #MuskIsALoser #weird #weirdAF #tech #incompetent #wannabe #SiliconValleyLayOffs
#Trump’s interview w/ #ElonMusk got off to a rough start Mon night after being delayed due to *technical* issues, but once the talk began listeners noticed something else was off: Trump’s speech.
“Why is Trump slurring his S sounds” asked author #KurtAndersen. “Shuch a shad s----uation’?”
The scheduled chat started 30 mins late after Musk’s platform #failed to launch a #livestream, which #Musk attributed to a “#DDOS” attack.
#unfit #weird #incompetent #HarrisWalz2024
https://www.rawstory.com/elon-musk-trump-2668951926/
Donald Trump’s interview with Elon Musk got off to a rough start Monday night after being delayed due to technical issues, but once the talk began listeners noticed something else was off: Trump’s speech.“Why is Trump slurring his S sounds” asked author Kurt Andersen. “Shuch a shad s----uation’?”The...
After the interview [finally] got underway, users were quick to point out that #Trump didn’t sound as sharp as usual [VERY low bar].
“Not a joke here: Trump is really badly slurring his words. This is quite disturbing,” wrote columnist Rex Huppke. “Something is wrong w/him.”
“Trump is slurring in a way I've never heard from him before,” remarked podcaster Susan Simpson. “Elon sounds like this is maybe the 3rd or 4th time he's had a conversation w/a fellow human.”
Sounded like grandpa didn't put his teeth in before he started talkin'
that explains the lisp--- no idea what the hell was with that slurring and mumbling.
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