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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.

…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.

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.”

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.”

Simon said #Musk’s #AI #chatbot cannot make the argument that it is simply facilitating different voices in the modern-day public square.
“This is a case where the owner of the public square (the #SocialMedia company itself) is the one who introduced & spread the bad information—& then delayed correcting its mistake after it knew that the information was false” he said.
#ElonMusk #ElectionInterference #law #X #disinformation #misinformation #FarRight #propaganda #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.

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.”

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

In #Leeds, #FarRight protesters scuffled w/ #antiracist protesters, though the situation remained largely peaceful as evening neared. InHull, 3 police officers were injured & 4 people were arrested amid disorder in the city center, said the Humberside Police, which oversees the area.

In #Nottingham, counterprotesters chanted “Nazis not welcome here,” as a far-right rally erupted in a central square.

2 police officers were taken to the hospital w/injuries, the Merseyside Police, the force responsible for the region, said in a statement on Sat.

At least 6 people had been arrested by Sat evening on suspicion of #violent disorder & #criminal damage, among other violations, & the number of arrests are likely to increase, the police said.

“The behavior we have seen today in #Liverpool city center is completely unacceptable,” Jenny Sims, the asst chief constable for the #Merseyside Police, said. “What should have been a sunny Saturday on the historic waterfront to be enjoyed by people of all ages turned into an afternoon of unashamed #disorder & #violence, which potentially put decent members of the public, including children, at risk.”

#Starmer said the police had full support from the govt “to take action against #extremists …who are attacking police officers, disrupting local businesses & attempting to sow #hate by intimidating communities.”
In #Liverpool …,police vehicles were damaged as protesters threw bricks & chanted “stop the boats”—a reference to #asylum seekers who arrive in small boats in the English Channel—& #antifascist groups confronted them.
#disinformation #InternetManipulation #SocialMedia #Moderation #racism

The knife attack on a dance & yoga class for girls stunned #Britain & ignited days of #AntiImmigrant #riots in multiple cities that were #incited by #FarRight #provocateurs. Increasingly, the demonstrations, which have so far been mostly in English cities, have drawn counter-protests.

PM Keir #Starmer gathered snr ministers on Sat afternoon to discuss the #violence, acc/to a spox for his office.