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title: "Social Media Algorithms Promoting Anti-Muslim Hatred Worldwide"
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# Social Media Algorithms Promoting Anti-Muslim Hatred Worldwide

Source: https://theislamicinformation.com/news/social-media-algorithms-promoting-anti-muslim-hatred/
Updated: 2022-08-04

A study shows that **fake and algorithm-generated accounts are mainly responsible for amplifying anti-Muslim hate online**. Furthermore, it was found that **Muslim public figures were often targeted in such tweets**.

During the campaign for US congresswoman Ilhan Omar [in July 2021](https://omar.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-ilhan-omar-named-defender-children-her-advocacy-childhood-nutrition), former journalist Lawrance Pintak analyzed tweets aimed at her. **A majority of the tweets were Islamophobic, xenophobic, or other forms of hate speech,** according to the research.

**Provocateurs and conservatives spreading anti-Muslim hate, but most of the hateful content is out there**. Provocateurs themselves were not boosting such conversations. Instead, users pushed provocateurs' posts, amplifying their effects. As part of manipulating discussions on the web, accounts also **used fake identities. These accounts were referred to as "sockpuppets" by Pintak**.

Additionally, only four of the 20 anti-Muslim websites ranked in the study were authentic accounts. In addition to these, TRT World [reported](https://www.trtworld.com/magazine/rigged-ai-how-algorithms-fuel-anti-muslim-hatred-in-europe-and-beyond-59241) that some of these **bots were generated by algorithms**.

## **The use of artificial intelligence (AI) to intensify anti-Muslim hatred**

In recent years, a synthetic intelligence system called **Generative Pre-trained Transformer 3 (GPT-3)** has been used to **spread anti-Muslim propaganda**.

![GPT 3 diagram](https://theislamicinformation.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/GPT-3-diagram.jpeg)

*Showing how GPT-3 works. Photo contributed by Applied Singularity*

Stereotypical misconceptions about Islam are included and perceived in it. Abubakar Abid, the founder of Gradio, a machine learning platform, said, "*I am shocked at the difficulty in generating content about Muslims that does not involve violence from the GPT-3.*".

Abid experimented to determine whether anti-Muslim hatred is documented. The problem isn't limited to GPT-3, and he discovered it while researching. There are bias issues with GPT-2 as well. The AI also completed the text by itself, according to Abid. Using [AI systems](https://theislamicinformation.com/news/women-prayer-areas-at-masjid-al-haram-equipped-with-robots/) such as GPT-3 to associate Muslims with violence, Abid and two colleagues published a paper in 2021.

## **Anti-Muslim algorithms on Facebook**

In 2019, [Snopes investigated](https://theislamicinformation.com/news/instagram-twitter-tiktok-use-of-anti-muslim-hashtags/) how certain **Christian right-wingers used anti-Muslim pages to manipulate Facebook algorithms**. This network was created in coordination with Trump supporters to spread hate and conspiracy theories about Muslims.

Muslims were depicted as violent on these pages, which claimed Islam was not a religion. Further, they claimed that refugees from Muslim countries are subjugating European culture. But unfortunately, the **social media giant ignored all this anti-Muslim hatred**.