JAKARTA: Outgoing President Joko 'Jokowi' Widodo has been racing against all odds to unveil Indonesia's future capital Nusantara in East Kalimantan, just in time for the nation's 79th Independence Day anniversary on Saturday (Aug 17).
Ahead of the November election, researchers have raised alarm that X, formerly Twitter, is a hotbed of political misinformation. — AFP Relaxnews
They have also flagged that Musk, who purchased the platform in 2022 and is a vocal backer of Donald Trump, appears to be swaying voters by spreading falsehoods on his personal account. "Elon Musk is abusing his privileged position as owner of a... politically influential social media platform to sow disinformation that generates discord and distrust," warned CCDH chief executive Imran Ahmed.
Last week, Musk faced a firehose of criticism for sharing with his followers an AI deepfake video featuring Trump’s Democratic rival, Vice President Kamala Harris. "Musk behaves as if he is beyond reproach despite growing evidence of the harmful role he is personally playing to fuel disinformation and division ahead of the US elections," Nora Benavidez, from the advocacy group Free Press Action Fund, told AFP.
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