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Washington: America has also geared up for the Lok Sabha elections to be held in India. America will monitor every post of people spreading lies on social media during elections in India. In such a situation, people who spread false propaganda in favor or against a particular party or individual on social media by calling truth as lie and lie as truth and who mislead common voters through their posts, should be careful now. Because America will keep a close eye on false posts.
An influential US senator has asked social media companies, including Meta-owned WhatsApp, what preparations they have made in view of the elections in India. According to Senator Michael Bennet, India has a record of sharing fake and false content using social media platforms. Senator Bennett, a member of the Senate Intelligence and Rules Committee, which keeps an eye on the US elections, has written a letter to the companies operating social media platforms asking for the above information before the announcement of elections in India.
Keep a close eye on Meta (Facebook), WhatsApp and X (Twitter)
Bennett has written a letter to the officials of ‘Alphabet’, ‘Meta’ (Facebook), ‘TikTok’, ‘X’ (formerly Twitter), in which these companies were asked about their preparations for the elections in various countries including India. Is. “The threats your platforms pose to elections are not new – in past elections users have posted ‘deepfakes’ and digitally manipulated content – but now, artificial intelligence (AI) models the democratic process,” Bennett said in the letter. “And will increase risks to both political stability.” He said that through advanced AI tools one can now produce realistic looking photos, videos and audios which is worrying.
Elections will be held in more than 70 countries this year
Elections are to be held in more than 70 countries in the year 2024 and more than two billion people can exercise their franchise. The year 2024 is the “Year of Democracy”. This year, elections are to be held in Australia, Belgium, Croatia, European Union, Finland, Ghana, Iceland, India, Lithuania, Namibia, Mexico, Moldova, Mongolia, Panama, Romania, Senegal, South Africa, Britain and America. In a letter to ‘X’s Elon Musk, ‘Meta’ Mark Zuckerberg, ‘TikTok’s Sho Zi Chew and Alphabet’s Sundar Pichai, Bennett criticized these platforms’ election policies, content moderation teams and AI-generated content. Information about the equipment adopted for identification has been sought. Information has also been sought as to how many languages the content control teams are in. “Disinformation and fake information poison democratic discourse by blurring the distinction between fact and fiction,” he said. Your platforms should strengthen democracy, not weaken it.
False content should not be propagated in the world’s largest democracy.
The US senator said, “Meta-owned WhatsApp is among the major social media platforms in India, the world’s largest democracy, and they have a long track record of promoting misleading and false content. “Political elements who stoke caste resentment for their own benefit have got easy access to the disinformation network on your platforms.” Bennett then asked about his new policies and details of the people deployed for the India elections. He asked, “Have you adopted any new policies in preparation for the 2024 Indian elections? Bennett also asked, “Have you spoken in Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Kashmiri, Konkani, Malayalam, Manipuri, Marathi, Nepali, Oriya, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu, Bodo, Santali, Maithili and How many content controllers are currently deployed in Dogri? (Language)
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