Trump supporters target black voters with faked AI images
BBC NewsFEB 2024
Report: Trump Backers Using AI Images to Garner Black Support
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The Spin
Anti-Trump narrative
The use of deepfakes to deceive voters is an alarming trend, but it's particularly heinous that Trump supporters are targeting Black voters who wouldn't otherwise be inclined to vote for him. Absent legislation or stricter policies on social media platforms to limit these images, voters will need to be more diligent when consuming campaign information.
Pro-Trump narrative
Trump is making headway with Black voters, so of course the mainstream media and left-leaning organizations are losing their minds over these images — without it being clear that they're actually influencing anyone. Trump's policies are what's improving his support from people of color, and to flip out over some deepfakes is bad faith coming from media outlets who've been making up stories about Trump for years.