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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)
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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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[–] 37 points 4 months ago (9 children)

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

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  • [–] 11 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 child)

    Surah 104. Al-Humazah

    Woe to every slanderer backbiter.

    Who gathers wealth and counts it over.

    Thinking that his wealth has made him immortal.

    By no means. He will be thrown into the Crusher.

    I know it's basically impossible to say someone isn't in a religion (much to the chagrin of many a devout and reasonable religious person), but this surah is so specifically against this guy in particular.

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  • [+] -24 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (6 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.

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  • [–] 36 points 4 months ago (3 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.

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  • [+] -9 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    he is encouraging racist ideas and thoughts

    Islam isn't a race

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  • [–] 15 points 4 months 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.

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