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.
The religious will never let their religion get in the way when it comes to filling their own pockets.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
I’m not sure “devout” is the right adjective. Maybe tack on “self-described” or “incredibly ignorant.”
Definitely self-described at most.
He runs other accounts dedicated to sharing Quran verses and Islamic teachings. One features the Kaaba holy site in Mecca as its profile picture. He uses the title “Hafiz” before his name, an honorific reserved for those who have memorised the entire Quran.
That’s a testable assertion that was untested, so using that name for one account while spreading hate on another makes me very disinclined to think “oh these are his real beliefs.”
The title says it is a devout Muslim man but nothing in the article seems to confirm it. Not even that he is a Muslim. Just that he claims to only speak Urdu which is an obvious lie.
Kind of interesting to see this happening in the UK as well. Similar to all of the Russian bots on Facebook targeting the US.
So Meta has been pulling this algorithm tactic for years, especially with teens, but now you’re mad about a small part of the problem? Well, I suppose it is a step, I admit. I just don’t get it, why don’t we all just leave Meta?
Once again Western media reminds me the West doesn’t understand belief/religion. It’s one or the other. 🤷
