I don’t think it needed investigating. It’s obvious.
BenidormBarry on
no way! same thing that happened in Brexit! who would have said?!
Rumpled_Imp on
The true decline is the Western hemisphere’s goose-stepping towards neo-feudalism, not some invented implementation of sharia law.
arenaross on
Someone needs to study the lack of critical thinking in anyone over the age of 50 in this country. I’m convinced Facebook is just as damaging for that generation as Tiktok is for teenagers.
Nuthetes on
And thick as pigshit right-wing fall for it hook, line and sinker. Largely because they want it to be true because it gives them more of a reason to be angry and hateful.
Nobody hates the country more than self-proclaimed patriots.
Archistotle on
The amazing thing is there’s people who **live in this country** that actually believe it.
Fantastic_Back3191 on
What do they think will change- we’ve been moaning about our little island for over two thousand years. Any one else is an amateur at it.
Present_Pepper on
This is a major issue and needs to be addressed. Instead of the online safety act there should be something along the lines of an online transparency act. All social media accounts should show the country of origin, all ai videos and photos need to be massively branded as such so it becomes undeniable.
At this rate democracy will fall world wide just because billionaires want more money. Sickening really
RDHertsUni on
Getting convinced that your country is shit and baited into getting angry at immigration… by someone in Sri Lanka.
SatchSaysPlay on
Love to see it, you’re definitely doing something right when the clowns are deliberately trying to paint a very different picture.
It’s like hatred from Russia or nonsense statements from Trump – obviously the UK are winning.
PJBuzz on
Yeah been going on a while now.
All you have to do is watch comments from famous American streamers and they have you believing large parts of the UK are basically war zones.
They didn’t even need the AI videos, it’s just become the default opinion that is accepted in some of these circles.
Bugatsas11 on
As an expat in London I was so disappointed when we were not stabbed in the first 5 minutes.
Now 5 years later and I have not been stabbed yet. What the hell is going on?
Fatkante on
It’s time social media algorithms , propaganda and AI made part of curriculum from primary school
ChiefRetardAssessor on
Well, for the last 20 years we’ve had the lowest standard of leadership. Chancer after chancer, completely unfitting of the office, closets full of skeletons, strings pulled by evil characters, it’s been a shitshow.
Tax wealth, imprison tax evaders, proscribe zionism, and imprison anyone with ties to zionism and the farce ends tomorrow. Under those conditions, we would become a truly great nation.
yubnubster on
So much YouTube shit out there focusing on the UKs decline, chaos, impending civil war, impossibly high crime, economic collapse.. I must have watched something related at some point, for the algorithms to push the content at me.. But it took a lot of ignoring it before it went away.
NearbyPrune3411 on
People will believe anything as long as it fits their worldview
Ok_Net4562 on
Bbc doesnt neet to find. Its everywhere. Itd probably even on the ppst under mine in this sub
arabidopsis on
And this is why the government should legislate that any political messaging has to say if it used AI for any of it.
Make it a big bold box at the top of the screen saying “AI GENERATED MEDIA”, and for parties who are found to breach it, they should have to play apology videos of the same length and cost of the message pulled.
..and not make it judged by OfCom, but Electoral COmmission instead.
ChocoRamyeon on
This is a huge problem but I can’t see it going away. Trump didn’t have Zuckerberg and Musk aligned with him at his inauguration for no reason. Social media is slowly becoming lost to opportunist scammers living outside the UK running the country down. They have no answers to the questions out country faces, just hate.
hungry4nuns on
“Fakers” seems like such a meek term for this. I’d have gone with political terrorists engineering the destruction of democracy.
Saying “fakers” is along the lines of “Certified rotters are trafficking women and children for the sexual gratification of the naughty elite”. Nobody can argue that the statement is technically incorrect but why is the title so watered down, in an almost childlike fashion
dharmajati on
Can police do something about this? They are stupid nazi wanna be but the thing they done can misleading our young people.
Various_Good_6964 on
I was unavoidably shoulder surfing a chap on the train this morning scrolling through his Youtube homepage and ***every single video*** was some kind of AI thumbnail slop about Trump, Musk, Tommy R, Farage… Every video. People’s brains are being deliberately poisoned and manipulated and they simply do not realise, or care.
I can’t understand how people are happy to sit and absorb this hate content non stop, all day long. It must just make them miserable 24/7?
But how do you fix it? You can’t enforce control over what media gets spewed out because at that point you’re just as bad as the foreign bots and you become their enemy because “it’s all about control”. Is this generation just doomed and already brainwashed? Do we just have to start educating kids these days about content algorithms and foreign manipulation and hope that they grow up with an ability to recognise this kind of thing?
People are starting to realise the extent of what’s happening but honestly I don’t think people truly see just how fucked we are. This is likely the beginning of the end for the prosperity of the west, things are only going to get much worse.
HaggisPope on
Thing is, why would you need to lie much? Some aspects seem obviously terrible
Momo-Velia on
BBC, that edits and publishes content with clear narratives and bias makes claim that it’s foreigners making fake content about foreigners being the cause of UK decline.
mpanase on
Should there be a law forcing all social media to show the country each user is in?
Eddie_Honda420 on
Yeh it’s aimed at making people more right wing and breeding discord , it’s propaganda, it’s not a new thing that bbc just discovered lol
7_Pillars_of_Wisdom on
Don’t need AI to know it’s been a shithole for a while
ArtConsistent7943 on
Erm. I have to use a food pantry occasionally and have worked three additional jobs in top of my full time one, just to break even.
The UK had been in decline since we let greed take over. Forget left and right bullshit. The issue is greed and selfishness.
amusableblue on
‘latest video of an elderly white British man crying about his pension’
The UK is in decline, I’ve seen it with my own eyes. It’s terrible. The only thing propping up economic growth recently has been mass immigration. People are worse off than they were 10-15 years ago.
Successive disasters in policy and government have led it to the point people think reform are somehow going to magically make things better. It will only get worse.
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I don’t think it needed investigating. It’s obvious.
no way! same thing that happened in Brexit! who would have said?!
The true decline is the Western hemisphere’s goose-stepping towards neo-feudalism, not some invented implementation of sharia law.
Someone needs to study the lack of critical thinking in anyone over the age of 50 in this country. I’m convinced Facebook is just as damaging for that generation as Tiktok is for teenagers.
And thick as pigshit right-wing fall for it hook, line and sinker. Largely because they want it to be true because it gives them more of a reason to be angry and hateful.
Nobody hates the country more than self-proclaimed patriots.
The amazing thing is there’s people who **live in this country** that actually believe it.
What do they think will change- we’ve been moaning about our little island for over two thousand years. Any one else is an amateur at it.
This is a major issue and needs to be addressed. Instead of the online safety act there should be something along the lines of an online transparency act. All social media accounts should show the country of origin, all ai videos and photos need to be massively branded as such so it becomes undeniable.
At this rate democracy will fall world wide just because billionaires want more money. Sickening really
Getting convinced that your country is shit and baited into getting angry at immigration… by someone in Sri Lanka.
Love to see it, you’re definitely doing something right when the clowns are deliberately trying to paint a very different picture.
It’s like hatred from Russia or nonsense statements from Trump – obviously the UK are winning.
Yeah been going on a while now.
All you have to do is watch comments from famous American streamers and they have you believing large parts of the UK are basically war zones.
They didn’t even need the AI videos, it’s just become the default opinion that is accepted in some of these circles.
As an expat in London I was so disappointed when we were not stabbed in the first 5 minutes.
Now 5 years later and I have not been stabbed yet. What the hell is going on?
It’s time social media algorithms , propaganda and AI made part of curriculum from primary school
Well, for the last 20 years we’ve had the lowest standard of leadership. Chancer after chancer, completely unfitting of the office, closets full of skeletons, strings pulled by evil characters, it’s been a shitshow.
Tax wealth, imprison tax evaders, proscribe zionism, and imprison anyone with ties to zionism and the farce ends tomorrow. Under those conditions, we would become a truly great nation.
So much YouTube shit out there focusing on the UKs decline, chaos, impending civil war, impossibly high crime, economic collapse.. I must have watched something related at some point, for the algorithms to push the content at me.. But it took a lot of ignoring it before it went away.
People will believe anything as long as it fits their worldview
Bbc doesnt neet to find. Its everywhere. Itd probably even on the ppst under mine in this sub
And this is why the government should legislate that any political messaging has to say if it used AI for any of it.
Make it a big bold box at the top of the screen saying “AI GENERATED MEDIA”, and for parties who are found to breach it, they should have to play apology videos of the same length and cost of the message pulled.
..and not make it judged by OfCom, but Electoral COmmission instead.
This is a huge problem but I can’t see it going away. Trump didn’t have Zuckerberg and Musk aligned with him at his inauguration for no reason. Social media is slowly becoming lost to opportunist scammers living outside the UK running the country down. They have no answers to the questions out country faces, just hate.
“Fakers” seems like such a meek term for this. I’d have gone with political terrorists engineering the destruction of democracy.
Saying “fakers” is along the lines of “Certified rotters are trafficking women and children for the sexual gratification of the naughty elite”. Nobody can argue that the statement is technically incorrect but why is the title so watered down, in an almost childlike fashion
Can police do something about this? They are stupid nazi wanna be but the thing they done can misleading our young people.
I was unavoidably shoulder surfing a chap on the train this morning scrolling through his Youtube homepage and ***every single video*** was some kind of AI thumbnail slop about Trump, Musk, Tommy R, Farage… Every video. People’s brains are being deliberately poisoned and manipulated and they simply do not realise, or care.
I can’t understand how people are happy to sit and absorb this hate content non stop, all day long. It must just make them miserable 24/7?
But how do you fix it? You can’t enforce control over what media gets spewed out because at that point you’re just as bad as the foreign bots and you become their enemy because “it’s all about control”. Is this generation just doomed and already brainwashed? Do we just have to start educating kids these days about content algorithms and foreign manipulation and hope that they grow up with an ability to recognise this kind of thing?
People are starting to realise the extent of what’s happening but honestly I don’t think people truly see just how fucked we are. This is likely the beginning of the end for the prosperity of the west, things are only going to get much worse.
Thing is, why would you need to lie much? Some aspects seem obviously terrible
BBC, that edits and publishes content with clear narratives and bias makes claim that it’s foreigners making fake content about foreigners being the cause of UK decline.
Should there be a law forcing all social media to show the country each user is in?
Yeh it’s aimed at making people more right wing and breeding discord , it’s propaganda, it’s not a new thing that bbc just discovered lol
Don’t need AI to know it’s been a shithole for a while
Erm. I have to use a food pantry occasionally and have worked three additional jobs in top of my full time one, just to break even.
The UK had been in decline since we let greed take over. Forget left and right bullshit. The issue is greed and selfishness.
‘latest video of an elderly white British man crying about his pension’
Well that’s obviously fake 😂
On Bluesky Leo Hickman [has been tracking Facebook posts related to concerns about the price of fuel](https://bsky.app/profile/leohickman.carbonbrief.org/post/3mhgb3t53yc2r) and it’s alarming how people can be fooled by obvious AI.
The UK is in decline, I’ve seen it with my own eyes. It’s terrible. The only thing propping up economic growth recently has been mass immigration. People are worse off than they were 10-15 years ago.
Successive disasters in policy and government have led it to the point people think reform are somehow going to magically make things better. It will only get worse.