Meta AI adviser spreads disinformation about shootings, vaccines and trans people
Source: The Guardian
A prominent anti-DEI campaigner appointed by Meta in August as an adviser on AI bias has spent the weeks since his appointment spreading disinformation about shootings, transgender people, vaccines, crime, and protests.
Robby Starbuck, 36, of Nashville, was appointed in August as an adviser by Meta – owner of Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and other tech platforms – in an August lawsuit settlement.
Since his appointment, Starbuck has baselessly claimed that individual shooters in the US were motivated by leftist ideology, described faith-based protest groups as communists, and without evidence tied Democratic lawmakers to murders.
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Heidi Beirich, the co-founder of the Global Project Against Hate and Extremism, said: “It is appalling that Robby Starbuck was given a hand in Meta operations in any capacity. He peddles lies and pushes extremism, and it is hard to believe any of this will help make their platforms safer or better.
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/oct/12/meta-ai-adviser-robby-starbuck
There's too much in the list of the malignant crap he spreads to list in 4 paragraphs - you have to read the whole article. But anti-LGBTQ stuff, lies about Portland, anti-vax lies, pro-Bukele & anti-Kilmar Abrego Garcia lies, claims about "leftist domestic terrorism" - it's all there.
In 2024, Meta AI said he was pro-QAnon and was present at the Jan 6 coup attempt, and he sued them for it. The settlement involved him getting the job.
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