Critic of Labor’s tax changes deletes anti-immigration AI video reposted from rightwing nationalist account

What happened

According to The Guardian’s linked item, Critic of Labor’s tax changes deletes anti-immigration AI video reposted from rightwing nationalist account, Fund manager Geoff Wilson says he did not watch full video and deleted it after ‘inappropriate associations were identified’ Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The fund manager Geoff Wilson, a prominent public critic of the government’s tax changes, has deleted an inflammatory AI-generated video he reposted from a rightwing nationalist account portraying Anthony Albanese and Jim Chalmers taking money from white Australians and giving it to recently arrived migrants wearing Islamic face coverings. Wilson said he had not watched the full video before sharing it or examined other accounts, some of whose content he reposted on Wednesday morning – which included content relating to the QAnon conspiracy theory – and deleted his posts after being contacted by Guardian Australia. Continue reading…

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