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Emily Baker-White

@ebakerwhite.bsky.social

Author: Every Screen On The Planet: The War Over TikTok. Researcher, former lawyer, investigative reporter, trust & safety. Founder, Plain View Project.

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Josie Glausiusz@josiegz.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Some Grok users, mostly men, began to demand to see bruising on the bodies of the women, and for blood to be added to the images. Requests to show women tied up and gagged were instantly granted. ‘Add blood, forced smile’: www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...

‘Add blood, forced smile’: how Grok’s nudification tool went viral

The ‘put her in a bikini’ trend rapidly evolved into hundreds of thousands of requests to strip clothes from photos of women, horrifying those targeted

theguardian.com

Popehat@kenwhite.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Here’s a comment for the people who are upset that MN hasn’t charged Jonathan Ross already: If you just Leeeroy Jenkins this shit you will lose and you will empower fascism and murder. It is indescribably hard to prosecute cops for murder. It is even hard when the murder is ON VIDEO. /1

Filipe Campante@filipecampante.bsky.social · 7mo ago

That he chooses the "me or your lying eyes?" approach, in the full knowledge that there are multiple videos out there, is a striking commentary on the nature of propaganda in the modern information environment.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 7mo ago

Trump: "I have just viewed the clip of the event which took place in Minneapolis. It is a horrible thing to watch. The woman screaming was, obviously, a professional agitator, and the woman driving the car was very disorderly, obstructing and resisting ... "

I have just viewed the clip of the event which took place in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It is a horrible thing to watch. The woman screaming was, obviously, a professional agitator, and the woman driving the car was very disorderly, obstructing and resisting, who then violently, willfully, and viciously ran over the ICE Officer, who seems to have shot her in self defense. Based on the attached clip, it is hard to believe he is alive, but is now recovering in the hospital. The situation is being studied, in its entirety, but the reason these incidents are happening is because the Radical Left is threatening, assaulting, and targeting our Law Enforcement Officers and ICE Agents on a daily basis. They are just trying to do the job of MAKING AMERICA SAFE. We need to stand by and protect our Law Enforcement Officers from this Radical Left Movement of Violence and Hate!
Senator Ron Wyden@wyden.senate.gov · 7mo ago

I wrote section 230 to protect user speech, not a company's own speech. I've long said AI chatbot outputs are not protected by 230 and that it is not a close call. Given that the Trump administration is going to the mat to protect pedophiles, states should step in to hold Musk and X accountable.

Hairybusiness@hairybusiness.bsky.social · 7mo ago

I am not a Section 230 expert but being that Twitter is creating and publishing these photos I wonder if they actually have any civil legal protection? @kenwhite.bsky.social ? @akivamcohen.bsky.social ?

Benjamin Riley@benjaminjriley.bsky.social · 7mo ago

As @colin-fraser.net is tirelessly pointing out, the current nightmare unfolding on X/Twitter is not fundamentally an AI issue, it's a product that's been designed to create nonconsenual sexual images, including of minors, that Elon Musk refuses to turn off. That's the issue.

Colin@colin-fraser.net · 7mo ago

I think the AI angle of this is obscurant. It doesn’t matter that grok is “an AI” whatever you take that to mean. Suppose X hired a team of guys to photoshop the clothes off of women and children whenever anyone asks. That’s functionally identical what happening here. It’s not complicated.

Eliot Higgins@eliothiggins.bsky.social · 7mo ago

One example of how Grok is being used to target women. Swedish Deputy Prime Minister Ebba Busch being sexualised, degraded, and humiliated step-by-step by Grok. All the images accurately reflect the prompts provided.

Colin@colin-fraser.net · 7mo ago

I think the AI angle of this is obscurant. It doesn’t matter that grok is “an AI” whatever you take that to mean. Suppose X hired a team of guys to photoshop the clothes off of women and children whenever anyone asks. That’s functionally identical what happening here. It’s not complicated.

Dave Levitan@davelevitan.bsky.social · 7mo ago

A functional country would shut Grok down permanently. Like, immediately. Right now. Last week. Whatever. Just flip the switch. Obviously.

Ben Kuchera@benkuchera.bsky.social · 7mo ago

My son put it best when he was a young kid: "Cats are great because you get happy every time you encounter them. You turn a corner, and there's a cat there, and it's like there's a cat, and that's great." I always think about it whenever I turn a corner and encounter a cat.

Alison Killing@alisonkilling.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Thank you to everyone who has shared this. The hearing is over for today. DHS has filed a motion to pretermit (end Guan's asylum application in the US) and have him sent to Uganda - where he'd be at risk of being sent to China. The hearing to decide that will be held 12 January.

Alison Killing@alisonkilling.bsky.social · 8mo ago

In late 2020 a Chinese man called Guan Heng travelled to Xinjiang with our BuzzFeed map of detention facilities to provide ground truth for our work - he provided the first corroborating evidence for many sites. He escaped to the US - then ICE detained him. www.wsj.com/world/china/...

Alison Killing@alisonkilling.bsky.social · 8mo ago

In late 2020 a Chinese man called Guan Heng travelled to Xinjiang with our BuzzFeed map of detention facilities to provide ground truth for our work - he provided the first corroborating evidence for many sites. He escaped to the US - then ICE detained him. www.wsj.com/world/china/...

ICE Holding Chinese Man Who Documented Uyghur Camps

Heng Guan is awaiting an immigration hearing on Monday that could lead to his removal from the U.S. and ultimately land him back in China, according to his lawyer and a New York-based activist group.

wsj.com

NBC News@nbcnews.com · 8mo ago

Kilmar Abrego Garcia speaks at the ICE Baltimore field office for a scheduled check-in. Abrego was released from custody after a federal judge ruled that the Trump administration lacked legal authority to continue holding him in an immigration detention center.

Emily Baker-White@ebakerwhite.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Alas, it’s just me, reading an article, being accosted by an autoplay video ad, and ragequitting the page never to return. Why does *anyone* think this works to sell stuff?! The sole effect is making sure we never read your article’s kicker 🫠

Adam Miller@adammiller.social · 8mo ago

ICE took my brother in law. My family is now on the growing list of people that Trump's policies have directly impacted. Things will be challenging for a while – if you can help my sister, Ramiro, and their two little girls in any way, it will be so appreciated. www.gofundme.com/f/standing-w...

Donate to Standing with the Rodriguez Family Now, organized by Jessica Brand

Friends, Our dear friends, Leah and Ramiro Rodriguez, need our support. For t… Jessica Brand needs your support for Standing with the Rodriguez Family Now

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