'Suggon Deeznutz': Elon Musk claps back at California Governor Gavin Newsom after sharing manipulated Kamala Harris campaign video
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- Jul 29, 2024
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Last Updated : 29 July 2024, 10:44 IST
Follow Us : — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 29, 2024
Musk, who is no stranger to internet lingo and pop culture, was making a joke here, where 'Suggon' translates to 'suck on'.
X policy states that it prohibits the sharing of 'synthetic, manipulated or out-of-context media that may deceive or confuse people and lead to harm.'
The platform's current policy came into being in April 2023, well after Musk took over. It defines misleading media as content that is âsignificantly and deceptively altered, manipulated or fabricatedâ and that is âlikely to result in widespread confusion on public issues.â Such content, as per the policy, must either be labeled or removed.
In the past, Musk has said that Xâs âCommunity Notesâ feature should be used to alert the public to possible misleading information.
While the account which initially uploaded the video called it out as parody, Musk made no such disclaimer when he shared the same.
The Federal Election Campaign Act also prohibits fraudulent misrepresentation of federal candidates or political parties, but the law, written in 1971, is ambiguous when it comes to modern technologies such as AI.
In August, the Federal Election Commission approved a rulemaking petition from watchdog group Public Citizen calling for the law to be amended to clarify that it âapplies to deliberately deceptive Artificial Intelligence (AI) campaign advertisements.â
That amendment was supported by the Democratic National Committee, as well as 52 Democratic members of Congress, but it was opposed by the Republican National Committee, which said that it was ânot a proper vehicle for addressing this complex issueâ and argued that it could violate the First Amendment.
The commission has not yet voted on the proposal.
It was earlier reported that Musk had announced he would give $45 million per month to Donald Trump's campaign, which he later debunked. However, the influential innovator has made no secret for his preference for Trump heading into the US elections this year.
(With NYT inputs)
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