CNN's Jake Tapper warned Monday that the country is about to enter “an era of deepfakes and all kinds of disinformation” under President Trump, while discussing the matter. The presence of major technology companies in his country opening.
He added: “We are about to enter the age of deepfakes, and all kinds of disinformation and the degree to which these five gentlemen play a role, or do not play a role, will be pivotal in terms of where the American people stand four years from now.” “In terms of understanding what is right and what is wrong,” Tapper said before Trump was sworn in.
The tech giants included Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Tesla founder Elon Musk, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, Apple CEO Tim Cook, and Google CEO Sundar Pichai. Attend the opening.
These five people “control a lot of the information we receive, and a lot of it is in their hands when it comes to ascertaining or monitoring or refusing to monitor what is real and what is not real,” Taber said.
CNN's Jake Tapper speaks on CNN on January 12, 2025. (Screenshot/CNN)
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CNN's Anderson Cooper expanded Tapper's warning to the entire world.
He added: “We're not just talking about the United States, you're talking about the world. All humans on this planet, they control access to information. They are the gatekeepers of information for the entire planet in many ways.” He said.
CNN's Van Jones noted the historical nature of the photos depicting the five tech executives, noting that most of them supported the Democratic Party not long ago.
“Look, that photo is going to be historic,” he said. “I call it Revenge of the Nerds. Don't forget, all four of these gentlemen, four years ago, were supporting the Democratic Party.”
Priscilla Chan (left), Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg, Lauren Sanchez, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, Google CEO Sundar Pichai and Tesla CEO Elon Musk (right) attend the inauguration of US President-elect Donald Trump in the rotunda of the US Capitol in January 2025, in Washington, DC. ((Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images))
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“The untold story here is how Democrats went from four years ago having the White House, the Senate, the House of Representatives and Silicon Valley, to now all being in the hands of Donald Trump,” Jones said, arguing that the Biden administration pushed for this. And away from them by not introducing cryptocurrency regulation, and by promoting the idea that all big companies were bad.
“Elon Musk was a Democrat from Andrew Yang. But when Joe Biden held his electric car summit, he left Elon off the list. The Biden administration has made a lot of easy mistakes,” Jones continued. “These four are all of our people who were pushed out of our party because we didn't have the innovation-first approach from the Biden White House and now we're paying the price. It's not just about losing the White House, it's the House of Representatives.” “We've lost Silicon Valley in the last four years, and there's no one to blame but us.”
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Zuckerberg privately announced Facebook and Instagram ended their fact-checking program at the beginning of January, and said they would use a similar system for X community feedback.
