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.
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.
Islam isn’t a race
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.
But racists treat it like one.