- cross-posted to:
- enoughmuskspam@lemmy.world
- politics@lemmy.world
- cross-posted to:
- enoughmuskspam@lemmy.world
- politics@lemmy.world
To the extent one can, this person brings receipts, including pointing out a trail left in source code.
Excerpt:
We also knowingly allowed foreign governments to manipulate the platform. State-backed groups from Israel, Iran, and Russia were running their own influence campaigns, and because their goals aligned with ours, we looked the other way. Even when they clearly broke the rules, we didn’t stop them.
Perhaps the most unethical part was how we manufactured news stories. One team would write completely fake articles, while another team would artificially boost their engagement metrics to make them go viral. We specifically targeted certain groups of people, knowing exactly how to manipulate their views and emotions.
The moderation team became a tool for our agenda. We systematically silenced anyone who got in our way, enforcing the rules when it suited us and ignoring them when it didn’t. Elon Musk himself was deeply involved in these decisions, often joking about being “Black Hat MAGA.”
What started as US election interference has now spread to other countries. We’re currently doing the same thing in Germany and other European nations. The damage we’ve done is immeasurable, and I don’t know if it can ever be fixed. People don’t know what’s real anymore, and that’s exactly what we wanted.
I think it bears investigation by folks in a position to do so, that’s my only point. Folks have made reasonable expressions of skepticism, but I think it bears investigation and I hope someone is in contact with this person to attempt doing so.