▲ 134 ▼ 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 6 months ago by beep@piefed.world to c/technology@lemmy.world 20 comments fedilink hide all child comments 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.
[+] Eyekaytee@aussie.zone -8 points 6 months ago (2 children) he is encouraging racist ideas and thoughts Islam isn't a race permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] icanbrewmushrooms@lemmy.world 13 points 6 months ago Race isn't a real thing, scientifically speaking, it is a social construct (like 'justice', or the 'Easter Bunny'). 'Racism' is actually a shorthand for ethnocentrism. permalink fedilink source parent [–] SulaymanF@lemmy.world 11 points 6 months ago But racists treat it like one. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] icanbrewmushrooms@lemmy.world 13 points 6 months ago Race isn't a real thing, scientifically speaking, it is a social construct (like 'justice', or the 'Easter Bunny'). 'Racism' is actually a shorthand for ethnocentrism. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SulaymanF@lemmy.world 11 points 6 months ago But racists treat it like one. permalink fedilink source parent