The algorithm has gone wild!
Democratic Rep. Brad Sherman denied porn on a flight after photographs of him gazing racy pictures on his iPad went viral — as a substitute blaming his algorithm for serving up the scantily clad photographs.
Sherman spoke out after a fellow passenger snapped photos of the California congressman, exhibiting him ogling salacious pictures at full brightness of ladies carrying nothing however their bras and underwear.
The stunning pictures had been shared Friday by the X account “Expensive White Staffers,” which accused Sherman of trying “at porn on his iPad throughout a flight.”
The submit racked up greater than 13.7 million views in 24 hours.
However Sherman, in a Saturday assertion, pointed his frisky finger at Elon Musk, accusing the billionaire xAI proprietor of flooding his feed with the steamy snaps.
“This was nothing greater than scrolling by way of Twitter — and sadly Elon Musk has ruined the Twitter algorithm to provide individuals content material that they don’t ask for or subscribe to,” a spokesperson for the 71-year-old lawmaker instructed The Put up.
The Los Angeles native — who launched an article of impeachment towards President Trump in 2017 — instructed Punchbowl Information the risqué photographs popped up on his “For You” feed, an algorithm-driven stream of really useful content material on the social media platform, as he cruised by way of his cross-country flight.
Through the interview, Sherman repeatedly denied porn or having any points with pornography.
“If it’s important to fly throughout the nation, you take a look at lots of stuff in your pill,” Sherman charged.
“I have to’ve checked out greater than 1,000 posts,” he stated, including “If i see an image of a lady, may I take a look at it longer than a sundown? Yeah.”
The three photos of Sherman’s pill present a number of girls in scant clothes, together with one sticking her tongue out whereas carrying solely a bra. Whereas no full nudity was seen, the lawmaker’s feed appeared full of scandalous photographs one after one other.
When requested by the outlet whether or not the content material was applicable to view overtly on a aircraft, Sherman responded, “Is it pornography? I don’t assume Elon Musk thinks so. Is it applicable? No.”
