Elon Musk upsets CNN over Kamala pic

Kamala vows to be a communist dictator on day one. Can you believe she wears that outfit!?

https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1830656672211103825

Tech billionaire Elon Musk, a supporter of former President Donald Trump, on Monday posted a fake image of what appears to be Vice President Kamala Harris dressed in a red communist uniform.

“Kamala vows to be a communist dictator on day one. Can you believe she wears that outfit!?” Musk posted on X, the social media platform he owns, in response to the vice president’s post warning about Trump being a “dictator on day one.”

According to X’s policy, users “may not share synthetic, manipulated, or out-of-context media that may deceive or confuse people and lead to harm. … In addition, we may label posts containing misleading media to help people understand their authenticity and to provide additional context.”

Musk’s post does not have any such label on it.

Last month, Trump posted a fake, AI-generated image depicting Harris speaking in front of a communist symbol at the Democratic National Convention.

Some context: Images generated by artificial intelligence have exploded on social media in the run-up to the election. The fake posts come as technology platforms dismantle guardrails and moderation policies designed to reduce the spread of dangerous misinformation.

These changes have been most acute on X, formerly known as Twitter, after Musk purchased the company, gutted in-house teams that worked to stop the spread of election disinformation and restored the banned accounts of prominent conspiracy theorists and extremists.

https://edition.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-harris-election-09-02-24/index.html