Experts warn of worsening misinformation spread in coming election – NBC Los Angeles

Many Americans, egged on by former President Donald Trump, have continued to push the unsupported idea that elections throughout the U.S. can’t be trusted.A majority of Republicans (57%) believe ... Read More

As social media guardrails fade and AI deepfakes go mainstream, experts warn of impact on elections | PBS News

Manipulated images and videos surrounding elections are nothing new, but 2024 will be the first U.S. presidential election in which sophisticated AI tools that can produce convincing fakes in ... Read More

Election experts warn democracy ‘under great stress’ - The Hill

Elections experts warn that two decades of hyperpartisan politics and close elections have put American democracy under “great stress” that boiled over during the last presidential election. Read More

As guardrails fade and AI deepfakes go mainstream, experts warn of election impacts - CBS News

How AI and deepfakes are changing politics 05:38. Nearly three years after rioters stormed the U.S. Capitol, the false election conspiracy theories that drove the violent attack remain prevalent ... Read More

Republicans are banning outside groups from funding election - USA TODAY

Private grant bans leaves election workers in shambles. The Center for Tech and Civic life provided nearly 2,500 election departments across 49 states with grants in 2020. But in states where bans ... Read More

Fact check: Trump lies that Senate Democrats stole the 2020 election, baselessly accuses NBC’s owner of treason - CNN

Former President Donald Trump made a series of inflammatory social media posts on Sunday in which, among other things, he lied that Senate Democrats rigged the 2020 election and baselessly accused ... Read More

Congress needs to do more to avoid private funding in elections, lawmakers agree - The Hill

Republican House committee members argued Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg used large donations to mobilize Democratic voters in swing states during the 2020 general election Wednesday. Multiple ... Read More

Experts warn of worsening misinformation spread in coming election – NBC Chicago

As social media guardrails fade and AI deepfakes go mainstream, experts warn of impact on elections Generative artificial intelligence tools have made it far cheaper and easier to spread the kind ... Read More