Center for Countering Digital Hate

🚨 NEW: Instagram failed to act on 93% of the abusive comments targeting high-profile US women candidates we reported. Meta must step up to protect women and public officials ahead of the US election. CCDH reported 1,000 abusive comments targeting 5 Republican and 5 Democrat women candidates running for office in 2024. A week later, Instagram had taken no action against 926 of these hateful comments, including sexist and racist abuse, death and r*pe threats. We also found that: 🛑 Vice President Kamala Harris is one of the targets of the abusive comments we reported to Instagram. A week later, the platform had failed to act on 92% of these comments. 🛑 77% of the 1,000 abusive comments we reported contained gendered terms, such as “b*tch", “r*pe” and “wh*re”. 🛑 From the 560K comments we collected from women candidates’ posts, 1 in 25 is considered “highly likely” to be toxic by Google’s Perspective API. By allowing abusive and violent attacks targeting women candidates, Instagram is failing to enforce its Community Guidelines. The platform must enforce its guidelines and protect public officials. Lawmakers must hold Instagram accountable. 📢 Violence and abuse have no place in our politics. Our new research in CNBC ⤵️ https://lnkd.in/eK_8HEPv #Instagram #Meta #WomenInPolitics

We found that Elon Musk posted false and misleading claims about the US elections 50 times this year, with nearly 1.2 billion views. Our findings in Robert Reich's op-ed in The Guardian ⤵️ https://lnkd.in/dbAhBigF #ElonMusk #Election #Misinformation

Instagram is failing to act against abusive and violent attacks targeting women candidates. Online abuse and violence have no place in our politics. We reported 1,000 abusive comments to Instagram that targeted 10 US women candidates. A week later, the platform had failed to act on 93%, including death and rape threats. 📢 Meta’s Instagram must enforce its guidelines and protect public officials. Find out more ⤵ #WomenInPolitics #Elections #Instagram 

📢 Elon Musk's X is a town square where the only people with access to the loudspeaker are hate and disinformation spreaders. They now have an AI tool to help distort the truth: Grok. We tested the platform with 60 prompts, including disinformation about US presidential candidates and election fraud. Grok didn't reject any of them. Election deepfakes can mislead voters and threaten election integrity. Lawmakers must act now. Learn more about our new research 👇 #Grok #AI #ElonMusk #USElection

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We tested X’s AI platform Grok and found that it can easily generate false images related to the upcoming US election.    Election deepfakes can mislead voters and harm democracy.  #Grok #AI #Election

We tested Grok and found that Elon Musk's AI platform can easily generate misleading images about the 2024 US election. Election deepfakes can mislead voters and threaten election integrity. Check out our new report👇 https://lnkd.in/ept4EYj4 #Grok #AI #ElonMusk #USElection

🚨NEW: We tested X's Grok AI and found that Elon Musk's platform can easily generate misleading images about the 2024 US election. Grok didn't reject any of the 60 prompts tested by us, including disinformation about candidates and election fraud. The AI tool generated false but convincing images of: 💣Donald Trump lying sick on a hospital bed 💣Kamala Harris staring at needles, white powder & medication We also tested Grok’s ability to generate images that could promote hatred of Jews, Muslims, black people, and LGBTQ+ people. The result? Grok's safeguards were easily bypassed to create harmful images, including Holocaust denial, in 16 out of 20 tests. Elon Musk's X is a town square where the only people with access to the loudspeaker are hate and disinformation spreaders. They now have a new tool to distort the truth: Grok AI. Election deepfakes can mislead voters and threaten election integrity. Lawmakers must act now. Our new research in The Independent ⤵️ https://lnkd.in/efi9tuQr #Grok #ElonMusk #AI #Election

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Social media platforms failed to stop racist hate and misinformation that helped fuel the UK far-right riots. Policymakers must address the underlying financial incentives of social media hate by ensuring transparency in digital advertising markets. Here's how ⤵️ https://lnkd.in/eVrBpf9y #UKRiots #SocialMedia #Transparency