NEWS ALERT: Harris Campaign Caught Red-Handed Manipulating X To Censor Criticism [Elon Musk responds]

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From The Federalist: In part one of this investigation into how Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign is deceptively manipulating online platforms, it was revealed that the campaign is operating a Discord server that directs hordes of volunteers to use their social media accounts to deceptively push election propaganda.

The goal is to artificially manufacture consensus by making pro-Kamala Harris messages on social media appear more popular than they are, and it is often done in violation of the Terms of Service of the social media platforms. In more extreme cases, they are encouraging people to skirt election laws and using these “astroturfing” campaigns to spread disinformation they think will help win the upcoming election.

Yesterday’s report documented how the Harris-Walz campaign has seen great success in manipulating Reddit’s algorithm, but that isn’t the only social media site they’re manipulating. The campaign has also been targeting Elon Musk’s X, perhaps the most influential site for political news. One particular goal, according to a user of the Harris-Walz campaign Discord server, is to get campaign volunteers to swarm the site and “block [community notes] we don’t like.”

The report explains that, prior to Elon Musk buying Twitter, officials managing the platform were well-known for regularly deleting posts and banning users if anything was posted which they deemed to be ‘misinformation.’

However, when Musk took over, he implement a system called ‘Community Notes,’ which allows select users to provide additional context to the post if it contains misleading information, instead of deleting it.

Mysteriously, even though many posts by Harris-Walz campaign officials contain false or misleading statements about the Trump-Vance campaign, virtually none of those posts are being seen with Community Notes.

It is now believed “that the Harris campaign is directing volunteers on its Discord server to vote down Community Notes even when those notes accurately say the campaign is being deceptive,” The Federalist reports.

The Federalist also wrote:

In the “twitter-community-notes” channel found on the Harris-Walz Discord, paid Democrat staffers are also writing dubious Community Notes on X to undermine GOP and Trump messaging. They then encourage volunteers to rate them positively.

And this….

The Harris-Walz server even has a “Twitter (X) Community Notes Training” module, which describes how users can quickly bump up their Community Notes “Rating Impact,” which allows them to write their own Community Notes with a high enough status.

X owner Elon Musk responded to the bombshell report Wednesday, saying, “We are investigating this.”

Several people are saying this has been going on for a long time.

Entrepreneur and gamer Kim Dotcom replied to Musk, “Told you a while ago that community notes and polls are being manipulated. You need to go hard against bots. Did your team look into the CIA bot issue I published?”

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