Elon Musk’s X Is Spreading Deepfakes of Kamala Harris Two phony videos seen by tens of millions of users appear to violate X’s own terms of service. https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/08/deepfakes-elon-musk-donald-trump-kamala-harris-x/
Elon Musk caught out after sharing fake Britain First post about 'detainment camps' https://www.indy100.com/news/elon-musk-britain-first-post Elon Musk has been criticised after deleting a fake post from the far-right group Britain First which he shared on his Twitter/X platform. Musk, who is CEO of the social media platform, reported a fake news report concerning “detainment camps” being operated in the Falkland Islands. The article in question was completely false and had been initially shared by one of the leaders of the far-right political party Britain First. The headline read: “Keir Starmer considering building ‘emergency detainment camps’ on the Falkland Islands.” It was, of course, completely fake, but Musk shared the post and added the caption: “‘Detainment Camps’…” (More at above url)
Ad group sued by Elon Musk's X reportedly 'discontinuing' The World Federation of Advertisers is reportedly shutting down operation of its GARM nonprofit as it faces antitrust lawsuit from X and Rumble
Let's get more complete context why the group is discontinuing; it's merely to frustrate Musk and effectively mock him further. The organization, Global Alliance for Responsible Media (GARM), is run by the World Federation of Advertisers (WFA). GARM and WFA are funded by numerous large advertisers such as CVS Health, Mars, Orsted, and Unilever -- who Musk is suing as well. Suing your advertisers is not very smart; it is not going to bring them back. Even more ridiculous is that Musk's suit has no chance of success and is nothing more than an attention seeking move. Can Elon Musk Really Sue People for Not Wanting to Be Seen With Him? A lawsuit claims that corporate advertisers avoided X as part of a vast left-wing conspiracy. https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/08/elon-musk-advertisers-lawsuit/
Elon is typical of a guy with a 120-130 ish IQ that is not evenly balanced due to some autistic factors. Smart enough to fake smart to lower tier people, knows how to leverage other people's brains and use his own imagination. However, he is still able to go down rabbit holes in ways really bright people don't that make him look really dumb.
Unfortunately I'm a similar age and like a very disturbingly high number of the same authors. I'm as smart/dumb as Elon so well placed to pin the tail.
You can go read the same information in AP (Associated Press). World Federation of Advertisers discontinues small brand safety initiative after Elon Musk’s X sues https://apnews.com/article/x-twitte...discontinues-e64b99a501d9f69abbeebc1c479688d7 NEW YORK (AP) — A small brand safety initiative is ceasing operations — days after being targeted by social media platform X in a lawsuit alleging the group helped coordinate a “massive advertiser boycott” after billionaire Elon Musk bought the company in 2022. The World Federation of Advertisers has confirmed that it’s discontinuing its Global Alliance for Responsible Media initiative. In a Friday statement, the advertising group said that recent allegations “unfortunately misconstrue (GARM’s) purpose and activities” — adding that this “caused a distraction and significantly drained its resources and finances.” X, formerly Twitter, sued the World Federation of Advertisers and member companies Unilever, Mars, CVS Health and Orsted on Tuesday. The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Texas, took particular aim at GARM’s alleged role that X says contributed to an advertising pause after Musk acquired the company for $44 billion in October 2022. X alleged that advertisers conspired with and through GARM “to collectively withhold billions of dollars in advertising revenue” from the company. The suit also alleges that the defendants violated antitrust laws in the process, citing recent findings from the Republican-led U.S. House Judiciary Committee. “No small group should be able to monopolize what gets monetized,” X Ceo Linda Yaccarino wrote on the platform Thursday, in response to a post from the Judiciary Committee GOP that celebrated the news of GARM discontinuing operations. She called the move a “necessary step in the right direction.” GARM’s end may mark a victory for X right now, but the company could still face a lengthy battle in court with the group of advertisers it’s sued. And whether any of GARM’s digital safety work will continue through the larger World Federation of Advertisers organization was not immediately clear. GARM was founded in 2019. The initiative was employed by a small team of two, a spokesperson for the World Federation of Advertisers confirmed to The Associated Press. Since its launch, the group noted in its Friday announcement, GARM worked to enhance transparency in social media ad placements by providing voluntary tools “to help advertisers avoid inadvertently supporting harmful and illegal content.” This helped reduce such ads from 6.1% in 2020 to 1.7% in 2023, the World Federation of Advertisers said. This week’s lawsuit from X center on the early days of Musk’s takeover of the platform formerly known as Twitter, and not a more recent dispute with advertisers that came a year later. In November 2023, a number of advertisers began fleeing X over concerns about their ads showing up next to pro-Nazi content and hate speech on the site overall. Musk later said those advertisers were engaging in “blackmail” and, using a profanity, essentially told them to go away. He’s since attempted to walk back those comments some.