#electionmisinformation — Public Fediverse posts

AI‑generated videos of a Japanese grandma have racked up 6 million views, sparking a test of how synthetic media can sway voters ahead of the election. The experiment highlights the risk of deepfakes and digital disinformation shaping public opinion. How are platforms responding, and what can we do? Read the full analysis. #GenerativeAI #ElectionMisinformation #PoliticalDeepfakes #SyntheticMedia

🔗 https://aidailypost.com/news/aigenerated-grandma-videos-hit-6-million-views-amid-japan-election

SCOTUS nixes injunction that limited Biden admin contacts with social networks - Enlarge (credit: Christopher Furlong / Staff | Getty Images News)

... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=2033738 #electionmisinformation #bidenadministration #firstamendment #misinformation #supremecourt #censorship #freespeech #covid-19 #facebook #policy #scotus

#EU to investigate #Meta over #ElectionMisinformation before June polls

Brussels to act later this week against #Facebook and #Instagram owner over policies on #DeceptiveAdvertising and #PoliticalContent, reports say
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/apr/29/eu-to-investigate-meta-over-election-misinformation-ahead-of-june-polls

Monitoring Social Media activity during elections meets a right to research https://dsfsi.github.io/blog/who-pays-internet/ #Misinformation #ElectionMisinformation

Elon Musk’s X allows China-based propaganda banned on other platforms - Enlarge (credit: NurPhoto / Contributor | NurPhoto)

Lax conten... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=2004185 #artificialintelligence #electionmisinformation #electionintegrity #disinformation #generativeai #socialmedia #elonmusk #twitter #policy #google #openai #tiktok #meta #ai #x

Elon Musk Is Spreading Election Misinformation, but X’s Fact Checkers Are Long Gone

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/25/us/politics/elon-musk-election-misinformation-x-twitter.html?unlocked_article_code=1.QU0.lQwJ.a_85aZpIGTRl&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

#ElonMuskElectionMisinformation #FactCheckersGone #MisinformationSpread #ElectionMisinformation #ElonMusk #XTwitter #Politics #News

I was on Bloomberg Technology Live talking about the role of AI in election misinformation, and what platforms can do, at the 24:24 mark

A very complex issue for a short interview, but two points: (1) solving election misinformation is not a problem for AI alone, we need human intelligence as well, (2) we need transparency reports from platforms

#election #misinformation #electionmisinformation #socialmedia #contentmoderation #digitalplatforms #transparency

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrZWjYB-NQQ

Brazil riots trigger widespread content bans on Facebook, YouTube - Enlarge / A view of a broken window after the supporters of Brazil's fo... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1908844 #electionmisinformation #misinformation #electionfraud #donaldtrump #facebook #january6 #telegram #twitter #youtube #policy #brazil #google #meta

Twitter asks users to flag COVID-19 and election misinformation - Twitter introduced a new test feature Tuesday that allows users to report misinfor... - http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/CJJKanSZTMk/ #politicalmisinformation #electionmisinformation #disinformation #misinformation #unitedstates #socialmedia #southkorea #australia #covid-19 #pandemic #twitter #social #tc

Twitter pledges to dial up efforts to combat election misinformation - In the latest sign of US platforms bracing for the 2020 US presidential election in November, Twitte... - http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/-kV8XRTGMVs/ #electionmisinformation #presidentialelection #voterregistration #civictechnology #unitedstates #elections #president #security #facebook #twitter #social #voting #trump