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The devout Muslim making a living from Islamophobic AI slop — A content creator in Pakistan is earning money from viral videos that stir up hate in UK (www.thebureauinvestigates.com)

submitted 2 hours ago by beep@piefed.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/tech/p/1093208/the-devout-muslim-making-a-living-from-islamophobic-ai-slop-a-content-creator-in-pakista

A man in Pakistan has been making thousands from Facebook pages spreading racist videos aimed at UK audiences;

Posts target Keir Starmer and Sadiq Khan, and turn a profit via Meta's ad revenue model;

New AI tools mean creators can produce divisive viral content without needing to understand its message.

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[–] ArgumentativeMonotheist@lemmy.world 2 points 7 minutes ago

Once again Western media reminds me the West doesn't understand belief/religion. It's one or the other. 🤷

[–] damnthefilibuster@lemmy.world 4 points 45 minutes ago

He understands it just fine.

[–] harrys_balzac@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 58 minutes ago

I'm not sure "devout" is the right adjective. Maybe tack on "self-described" or "incredibly ignorant."

[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 18 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

The religious will never let their religion get in the way when it comes to filling their own pockets.

[+] SalamenceFury@piefed.social -17 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (3 children)

I'm sorry, explain to me how making money by fooling bigoted assholes is anything except funny as hell? Unethical, sure, but I respect the hustle.

It sounds like you're mad cause you could have fallen for it, given your apparent /r/atheism attitude you're displaying here.

Also, it does sound like he didn't know what was going on with the videos. The onus is still on the bigoted dipshits who gave him an audience.

[–] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 1 points 22 minutes ago

[–] midribbon_action@lemmy.blahaj.zone 21 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

He's not a bystander though, he is encouraging racist ideas and thoughts. I see spreading hate as a bad thing, and the fact that Alex Jones or this guy got rich off it makes me actually more angry, not impressed by his hustle.

[–] Rothe@piefed.social 10 points 2 hours ago

Because it feeds the hatred, purely for money. There is nothing even remotely funny about it. We know the followers of right wing ideologies, be they British white fascists or Pakistani Islamists are stupid and easily fooled, but also potentially violent, and a lot of innocent people are likely to get hurt from them, in part because of the stupid propaganda hate they have consumed.