Elon Musk dubbed 'biased' for reposting manipulated Harris campaign video in violation of X’s policies
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During this year's Republican primary, numerous deepfake videos emerged, showing former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton endorsing Governor Ron DeSantis of Florida or him announcing his early withdrawal from the 2024 presidential race.
In March, the Global Network on Extremism and Technology, an academic research initiative, stated that the technology was “already having a corrosive effect on the democratic process.”
The Brennan Center for Justice also highlighted generative AI's significant new threat to elections, emphasizing its impact on “the information ecosystem.”
The Federal Election Campaign Act prohibits the fraudulent misrepresentation of federal candidates or political parties. However, the 1971 law does not specifically address modern technologies like artificial intelligence, leaving ambiguity.
On Friday, Elon Musk shared a digitally altered campaign video of Vice President Kamala Harris on X, seemingly flouting all the rules and guidelines of the social media platform he owns (Getty Images)
Last August, the Federal Election Commission approved a rule-making petition from the watchdog group Public Citizen calling for clarification in the law to cover “deliberately deceptive Artificial Intelligence (AI) campaign advertisements.”
This amendment was supported by the Democratic National Committee and 52 Democratic members of Congress but opposed by the Republican National Committee. The opposition stated that the amendment was not the right approach to address this complex issue and argued that it could violate the First Amendment.
The commission, evenly divided between Democrats and Republicans and often split on policy matters, has not yet voted on the proposal.
What happened to the tweet after Elon Musk reposted it?
The current policy of X was established in April 2023, long after Elon Musk assumed control. It defines misleading media as content that has been “significantly and deceptively altered, manipulated or fabricated” and is “likely to result in widespread confusion on public issues.” According to the policy, such content must either be labeled or removed.
Previously, Musk has stated that X's "Community Notes" feature should be utilized to notify the public about potentially misleading information. On Friday night, a select group of Community Notes users who propose and vote on such notices discussed whether to add a note to Musk's reposted tweet.
One suggested Community Note read, "This is an AI-generated video of Vice President Kamala Harris using audio of clips that were never actually stated by the VP. Videos like this are dangerous to those who can not decipher AI-generated content from reality.”
At least seven Community Notes were proposed, but none had been added to Elon Musk's post or the original post by Saturday evening, and neither post has been removed from X (Getty Images)
At least seven Community Notes were proposed, but none had been added to Musk's post or the original post by Saturday evening, and neither post has been removed from the social media platform.
Although numerous third-party posts on X have questioned his promotion of a deepfake video, Musk, who often directly responds to critics on the site, has remained silent on the issue thus far.
With 191 million followers, Elon Musk is the most influential voice on X and arguably on all social media platforms out there. He is capable of making almost any content go viral simply by reposting it.
Elon Musk has 191 million followers and is considered the most influential voice on social media (Getty Images)
Two weeks ago, he endorsed former President Donald Trump in a post on X shortly after the 78-year-old Republican presidential nominee was shot in the ear in an assassination attempt during a campaign rally in Pennsylvania. That post has garnered 218 million views.
On Saturday afternoon, Musk used his account to amplify a post by an anonymous user that stated "wokeness is a threat to civilization." Within six minutes, it had already been viewed 481,000 times.
Internet derided Elon Musk for reposting an edited Harris campaign video in clear violation of X’s policies
People online criticized the billionaire owner of the social media platform X for reposting a video that mimics Vice President Kamala Harris’s voice, without mentioning that it had been edited.
One X user remarked, "You can take the man out of Apartheid, but you can't take the Apartheid out of the man."
You can take the man out of Apartheid, but you can't take the Apartheid out of the man.
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