Leah Feiger: I completely hear that. Clearly although, this can be a totally different atmosphere, proper? We have now skilled a fracturing of media and social platforms that we’ve by no means seen earlier than.
Stacey Abrams: Completely.
Leah Feiger: In some ways, to me, it looks like tech platforms have abdicated duty on this election cycle.
Stacey Abrams: Sure, completely.
Leah Feiger: Elon Musk does not simply personal X. He is really been utilizing it to unfold election conspiracies, and letting different main influencers do the identical. How does the Harris marketing campaign cope with that, and what do you make of the function that Musk has performed on this election?
Stacey Abrams: So, the podcast I do referred to as Meeting Required, we had Esosa Osa on to speak about disinformation. The explanation this issues is that it isn’t simply Elon Musk. It is that Meta and different platforms have weakened their filters. So, Elon Musk has been aggressively and deliberately a disinformation manufacturing facility.
Leah Feiger: Machine, actually unimaginable to observe.
Stacey Abrams: He’s changing into his personal business of life. So, he deserves his personal particular place in ignominy.
Leah Feiger: Truthful.
Stacey Abrams: Let’s put it that means. We needs to be offended. We needs to be involved, however we must also remember that whereas he’s the loudest model of this horrible darkish star, he is not alone. So, to your level, our obligation is to carry all of those tech platforms accountable. You shouldn’t be permitted to weaken the safety that you just owe the individuals. If you will maintain your self out as a purveyor of data, you’re obligated to make sure that that info at the least meet the essential scent check. Sadly, we’ve seen a number of tech platforms abdicate that duty. So, whereas I’m very happy to castigate and maintain Elon Musk significantly accountable for taking horrible and making it worse, we even have the duty on the opposite aspect of this election to guage everybody who was keen to take this Wild West state of affairs, and make it worse.
Leah Feiger: I imply, completely. Yesterday, we got here out with a giant article about how militias are organizing on Fb, and what? Fb is definitely auto producing pages for militias. It is messy to say the least. Clearly with the Musk factor, he comes with the advantage of simply an absolute ton of money. That has been additionally wild to observe about his money for registration sweepstakes. There’s only a lot occurring there that I’m continuously questioning, “Is the Harris marketing campaign doing sufficient to counteract, and might they?”
