Posted on 11/14/2023 11:12:34 AM PST by SeekAndFind
And so it begins. In fact, it hardly ever stops – another election cycle in well on its way in the US. But what has emerged these last few years, and what continues to crop up the closer the election day gets, is the role of the most influential social platforms/tech companies.
Pressure on them is sometimes public, but mostly not, as the Twitter Files have taught us; and it is with this in mind that various announcements about combating “election disinformation” coming from Big Tech should be viewed.
Although, one can never discount the possibility that some – say, Microsoft – are doing it quite voluntarily. That company has now come out with what it calls “new steps to protect elections,” and is framing this concern for election integrity more broadly than just the goings-on in the US.
From the EU to India and many, many places in between, elections will be held over the next year or so, says Microsoft, however, these democratic processes are at peril.
“While voters exercise this right, another force is also at work to influence and possibly interfere with the outcomes of these consequential contests,” said a blog post co-authored by Microsoft Vice Chair and President Brad Smith.
By “another force,” could Smith possibly mean, Big Tech? No. It’s “multiple authoritarian nation states” he’s talking about, and Microsoft’s “Election Protection Commitments” seek to counter that threat in a 5-step plan to be deployed in the US, and elsewhere where “critical” elections are to be held.
Critical more than others why, and what is Microsoft seeking to protect – it’s all very unclear.
But one of the measures is the Content Credentials digital metadata scheme, similar to meme stamp watermarking. However, considering that the most widely used browser, Chrome, is not signed up to the group (C2PA) that spawned Content Credentials, the question remains how helpful it will be to political campaigns using this tech in their images or videos, “to show how, when, and by whom the content was created or edited, including if it was generated by AI.”
Meta (Facebook) also announced its own effort in the same vein, seeking to combat altered content such as deepfakes – in case they “merge, combine, replace, and/or superimpose content onto a video, creating a video that appears authentic (… and) would likely mislead an average person.”
As ever, a very clear and concise, easy to enforce definition – not.
And who will help enforce it? No surprises there.
According to reports, Meta will “rely on ‘independent fact-checking partners’ to review media for fake content that slipped through the company’s new disclosure requirement.”
and plans to make worst
So a bunch of retarded Libs are going to be the arbiters of “truth”. How absolutely 1984ish of them…
Heritage Foundation-—Types of Voter Fraud
Fraudulent Use Of Absentee Ballots
Requesting absentee ballots and voting without the knowledge of the actual voter; or obtaining the absentee ballot from a voter and either filling it in directly and forging the voter’s signature or illegally telling the voter who to vote for.
Ineligible Voting
Illegal registration and voting by individuals who are not U.S. citizens, are convicted felons, or are otherwise not eligible to vote.
Impersonation Fraud At The Polls
Voting in the name of other legitimate voters and voters who have died, moved away, or lost their right to vote because they are felons, but remain registered.
Buying Votes
Paying voters to cast either an in-person or absentee ballot for a particular candidate.
Ballot Petition Fraud
Forging the signatures of registered voters on the ballot petitions that must be filed with election officials in some states for a candidate or issue to be listed on the official ballot
Duplicate Voting
Registering in multiple locations and voting in the same election in more than one jurisdiction or state.
False Registrations
Voting under fraudulent voter registrations that either use a phony name and a real or fake address or claim residence in a particular jurisdiction where the registered voter does not actually live and is not entitled to vote.
Altering The Vote Count
Changing the actual vote count either in a precinct or at the central location where votes are counted.
Illegal “Assistance” At The Polls
Forcing or intimidating voters—particularly the elderly, disabled, illiterate, and those for whom English is a second language—to vote for particular candidates while supposedly providing them with “assistance.”
Pretty soon the meme makers will be making fake watermarks.
Then what happens?
You’d have to be really stupid to get your election information from Facebook.
Then again there are still people who watch CNN for their “news”. It sounds crazy, yes, but it’s true.
So no references to Epstein Island? A friggen pedo deciding the truth.
I met Gates years back. We used to have computer club meetings where everyone showed up with various programs (floppy discs) and would demonstrate them. We called him “stinky” because he never seemed to bathe.
I was going to pop this thought into the various “and they’re (plowing ahead on gun control, green energy, CBDCs, etc)” threads but this sums it up.
Everything the left does is harmful for everyone, not least whatever group they claim to help. The facts always support this truth.
Therefore the left’s strategy, writ large this year because the disaster is so obvious to everyone, is:
- Screech ever louder that they must have more of what already failed
- Attempt to suppress any actual fact from reaching people
- Redouble subverting elections through fraud, sheer cancellation (Ukraine) or political oppression (Trump, Bolsonado, etc.)
Might work; but if it does and the world isn’t glowing nuclear green in 2028 they’ll be on the verge of achieving technological neo-feudalism.
“If you will not fight for right when you can easily win without blood shed; if you will not fight when your victory is sure and not too costly; you may come to the moment when you will have to fight with all the odds against you and only a precarious chance of survival. There may even be a worse case. You may have to fight when there is no hope of victory, because it is better to perish than to live as slaves.” — Winston Churchill
The most corrupt organizations on the planet want to fight election disinformation ,LOL
Does this mean CNN,MSNBC,ABC,CBS,NBC,NY Times, WashPost,NPR,AP,Yahoo<...... will all be BANNED?
Hi.
This is totally laughable.
These corporations have no idea what misinformation or disinformation actually is.
Except what the FBI, CIA and Brandon administration tell them.
Spit.
5.56mm
I am gonna take a wild guess that their efforts will somehow help the demonrats
““rely on ‘independent fact-checking partners’”
Translation: the same leftist biased frauds that run Snopes, Glenn Kessler, etc.
Meaning that the social media are getting ready to lie like they never have before to get an America hater elected. This time they have AI, which isn’t intelligent but does what its creators tell it to do and will convince more people because of its name.
So, the major sources/purveyors of ‘misinformation’ and ‘disinformation’ are hiring.
Hmmm...
A golden opportunity for all low-info bigots and totalitarians in training, isn’t it?
But he is evil in so many ways, particularly in making much of his wealth the past few decades pushing cult-like beliefs to support his messiah complex that only he can save the world...from things most of which don't even exist.
The commies are really scared about their lofos hearing or reading the truth.
Microsoft And Meta with more “Fact Checkers” is how 2020 turned out.
Rigged the democrat party has the nose ring in the right people for it.
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