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AI images posted to Truth Social bore the watermark of a tiny Texas non-profit
looking to bankroll X users
When Donald Trump shared a slew of AI-generated images this week that falsely
depicted Taylor Swift and her fans endorsing his campaign for president, the
former US president was amplifying the work of a murky non-profit with
aspirations to bankroll rightwing media influencers and a history of spreading
misinformation.
Several of the images Trump posted on his Truth Social platform, which showed
digitally rendered young women in “Swifties for Trump” T-shirts, were the
products of the John Milton Freedom Foundation. Launched last year, the
Texas-based non-profit organization frames itself as a press freedom group with
the goal of “empowering independent journalists” and “fortifying the bedrock of
democracy”.
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