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   Will Oremus (willoremus@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 15-Dec-2023 22:01:42 JST Will Oremus

   This story has so much going on that it's hard to figure out which parts to fit into the headline, but here goes:

   4chan trolls are using Bing AI to make pro-Nazi, Great Replacement and other racist & antisemitic memes -- and verified blue-check accounts are spreading them on Elon Musk's X, where they're going unmoderated even when flagged as hate speech, and reaching millions despite X's claims to have cracked down on antisemitism.

   My latest for the Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/12/14/ai-hate-memes-antisemitic-musk-x/

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     Will Oremus (willoremus@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 16-Dec-2023 13:51:18 JST Will Oremus

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     • Emanuel Maiberg

     Props to @emanuelmaiberg at @404mediaco for being first to report on the 4chan AI hate memes back in October https://www.404media.co/4chan-uses-bing-to-flood-the-internet-with-racist-images/

     My piece adds new research from CCDH on how they're actually spreading in the wild--with help from X's algorithms that amplify the blue checks who are gleefully posting them and racking up engagement--and how X doesn't take them down even when reported, despite claiming to crack down on antisemitic content. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/12/14/ai-hate-memes-antisemitic-musk-x/