"One of its most-watched posts, pinned to the top of the feed, shows a Nazi SS officer from the movie Inglourious Basterds sitting stiffly at a table, the caption floating above him: "When the family is arguing about politics and they ask for my expert opinion." Thirty-one million people have viewed the clip. More than 1.6 million liked it. The comments are full of adoration: "My time to shine." "They're not ready for the truth.""
"A swipe later, you'll get a different accounts' reel: an AI-generated "translation" appears of what is ostensibly an Adolf Hitler speech. Over audio footage of Hitler warning of a "satanic power" infiltrating the country's intellectual and economic life, onscreen graphics tally the number of Jewish people in Trump's cabinet and in major media organizations, showing portraits of those people with Jewish stars photoshopped on their faces."
"Comments include lines like: "We owe the big man an apology" and "He was right about everything." After Fortune brought these clips to Meta's attention, but before the company offered an official comment, the company scrubbed the clips. Scroll again and you'll land on some Holocaust denialism: a small-brain figure saying, "He gassed millions of people. Read a history book," and a smug, larger-brain figure replying, "Who wrote the history books?" A follow-up image attempts to trace a media ownership conspiracy."
A verified Instagram fashion brand (@forbiddenclothes) posted a pinned reel showing a Nazi SS officer with a caption about offering "expert opinion" during family political arguments; the clip received 31 million views and 1.6 million likes. An adjacent reel featured an AI-generated "translation" of an Adolf Hitler speech paired with onscreen graphics singling out Jewish people in Trump's cabinet and major media, with stars photoshopped onto faces. Additional reels promoted Holocaust denial and media-ownership conspiracy memes, generating millions of views and hundreds of thousands of engagements. Meta removed some of the clips after they were reported.
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