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Elon Musk Defends Himself After Reposted a Deepfake of Kamala Harris - Business Insider

  
Via:  Just Jim NC TttH  •  2 months ago  •  13 comments

By:   Rebecca Rommen, Grace Eliza Goodwin (Business Insider)

Elon Musk Defends Himself After Reposted a Deepfake of Kamala Harris - Business Insider
Musk failed to note in his post, which has been viewed more than 117 million times, that the video had been edited.

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  • Elon Musk is defending himself for reposting a deepfake of Kamala Harris, writing "Suggon Deeznutz."
  • The video, a parody of Harris' campaign ad, appears to have been digitally altered.
  • Musk's repost lacked context, potentially breaching X's rules on synthetic and manipulated media.

After reposting a deepfake video of Vice President Kamala Harris on X, Elon Musk is defending himself with a not-safe-for-work clapback.

The video, first re-shared by Musk on Friday evening, features an apparently AI-generated voice of Harris playing over the visuals of her real campaign ad. The video's fake Harris insults herself as the "ultimate diversity hire" and a "deep state puppet."

In response to California Gov. Gavin Newsom  writing on X  that it should be illegal to digitally alter ads like this,  Musk posted  early Monday morning, "I checked with renowned world authority, Professor Suggon Deeznutz, and he said parody is legal in America."

Musk doubled down in two follow-up comments, writing, "Not to mention Pullitsir Prize winner Dr Head, first name Dick" and "Newsom should create an endowed chair at Univ of California for Prof Deeznuts."

The video was originally posted by the user @MrReaganUSA, who noted that the clip was a "parody" of Harris' first campaign ad since becoming the presumptive Democratic Party nominee for the 2024 presidential election.

In the video, the edited voice-over says, "I was selected because I am the ultimate diversity hire. I'm both a woman and a person of color, so if you criticize anything I say, you're both sexist and racist."

The deceptive voice-over also calls Biden senile and says Harris does "not know the first thing about running the country."

In his repost of the clip, which has been viewed more than 129 million times, Musk failed to note that the video had been edited, writing only: "This is amazing ."

That may just run afoul of X's policy on synthetic and manipulated media, which states: "You may not share synthetic, manipulated, or out-of-context media that may deceive or confuse people and lead to harm ("misleading media")."

X says that for the company to take action and remove or label a post that violates that policy, it must "include media that is significantly and deceptively altered," "shared in a deceptive manner or with false context," or that is likely to cause "widespread confusion on public issues."

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The company says that it will consider factors including "whether there are any visual or auditory information (such as new video frames, overdubbed audio, or modified subtitles) that has been added, edited, or removed that fundamentally changes the understanding, meaning, or context of the media."

So far there's been no sign that X — the platform Musk now owns — is going to punish him.

This is a violation of @X's policies on synthetic media & misleading identities. Are you going to retroactively change them to allow violations in an election year? cc @lindayaX@nickpicklespic.twitter.com/MjB6HPlhOW — Alex Howard (@digiphile) July 27, 2024

The deepfake boom


Deepfakes use artificial intelligence to replace a person's likeness with that of someone else in video or audio footage.

Audio deepfakes are relatively simple to create but are difficult to detect, studies have found.

A number of politicians have already fallen victim to the technology in the past, highlighting their potential to wreak havoc around election times.

In one clip that was circulating on social media last year, Hillary Clinton appeared to give a surprise endorsement of Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. However, the clip was revealed to have been AI-generated, Reuters reported.

Biden was also on the receiving end of a deepfake following his announcement that he was dropping out of the 2024 presidential election race.

A video on social media appeared to show the president hitting out at his critics and cursing them. But again, the footage was a deepfake, per the AFP news agency.


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Just Jim NC TttH
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1  seeder  Just Jim NC TttH    2 months ago
In response to California Gov. Gavin Newsom  writing on X  that it should be illegal to digitally alter ads like this,  Musk posted  early Monday morning, "I checked with renowned world authority, Professor Suggon Deeznutz, and he said parody is legal in America."

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Drinker of the Wry
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1.1  Drinker of the Wry  replied to  Just Jim NC TttH @1    2 months ago

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Tessylo
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1.2  Tessylo  replied to  Just Jim NC TttH @1    2 months ago

That's quite a mature response - to suck on his nuts.

What a scummy asshole.

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JohnRussell
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2  JohnRussell    2 months ago

The only thing Musk doubled down on is him being an asshole. 

 
 
 
Greg Jones
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2.1  Greg Jones  replied to  JohnRussell @2    2 months ago

Where's your sense of humor, John?

This is all just good innocent clean political fun.

 
 
 
JohnRussell
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2.1.1  JohnRussell  replied to  Greg Jones @2.1    2 months ago

so is this

 
 
 
Tessylo
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2.2  Tessylo  replied to  JohnRussell @2    2 months ago

He is a hateful and ignorant and bigoted asshole as well as those who look up to his ignorance.

 
 
 
Just Jim NC TttH
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3  seeder  Just Jim NC TttH    2 months ago

ICYMI

 
 
 
Jeremy Retired in NC
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4  Jeremy Retired in NC    2 months ago

Some people need to pull the stick out of their 4th points of contact.

 
 
 
evilone
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5  evilone    2 months ago

Interesting take for Musk since he tries to shut down anyone criticizing him. 

 
 
 
Sean Treacy
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6  Sean Treacy    2 months ago

Good for Musk. Too bad Twitter didn't stand up for free speech under its previous owner  they censored news stories to protect Biden. 

 
 
 
MrFrost
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6.1  MrFrost  replied to  Sean Treacy @6    2 months ago
Too bad Twitter didn't stand up for free speech under its previous owner  they censored news stories to protect Biden. 

If you are going to twitter for news, you've completely failed. 

 
 
 
Drakkonis
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7  Drakkonis    2 months ago
Musk failed to note in his post, which has been viewed more than 117 million times, that the video had been edited.

Giving credence to the claim, Shad Weinerholder of Hoboken, N.J. pointed out that this behavior is typical of Musk, noting that Musk also failed on numerous occasions to point out that water is wet, vacuum sucks and other non-obvious facts such as those. Unfortunately, Weinerholder could not be reached for further comment, having been hospitalized shortly after making this statement, claiming that Musk had also failed to mention that playing in traffic wasn't simply a witty saying. 

 
 

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