“A.I. Is Starting to Wear Down Democracy”
That’s the headline in the NYT, and the second exaggerated NYT headline I’ve flagged today. I don’t know that the article actually delivers what the headline promises (and headlines are usually ...
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“Voters beware: 25 states restrict AI in elections. SC is in the other half.”
As the Daily Gazette points out, though 25 states have either bans or rules about disclosures for AI in campaign materials, the current draft of the “Big Beautiful Bill” has a 10-year moratorium ...
FTC ad placement consent decree with a … very unusual provision
The FTC announced its approval today of a consent agreement governing the acquisition by Omnicrom of The Interpublic Group – both offer (inter alia) media buying services. The agreement allows ...
“Musk’s X Sues New York Over Law Requiring Hate-Speech Data”
Bloomberg X challenges the constitutionality of New York law requiring social media companies to disclose how they deal with hate speech, extremism, and disinformation. Similar to the California ...
“Republicans are flagged more often than Democrats for sharing misinformation on X’s Community Notes”
Thomas Renault , Mohsen Mosleh, and David G. Rand in PNAS: We use crowd-sourced assessments from X’s Community Notes program to examine whether there are partisan differences in the sharing of ...
“New Hampshire jury acquits consultant behind AI robocalls mimicking Biden on all charges”
AP: A political consultant who sent artificial intelligence-generated robocalls mimicking former President Joe Biden to New Hampshire Democrats last year was acquitted Friday of voter ...
“Fake Images and Conspiracy Theories Swirl Around L.A. Protests”
NYT: Misleading photographs, videos and text have spread widely on social media as protests against immigrant raids have unfolded in Los Angeles, rehashing old conspiracy theories and expressing ...
Mountainhead from Mountainview: “Google’s New AI Tool Generates Convincing Deepfakes of Riots, Conflict, and Election Fraud”
Time: Google’s recently launched AI video tool can generate realistic clips that contain misleading or inflammatory information about news events, according to a TIME analysis and several ...
“Judicial Candidates Try TikTok and Tinder in Mexico’s Sprawling Elections”
I mentioned Mexico’s historic upcoming judicial elections a few days ago, but hadn’t then focused on the campaign finance regime. Now the NYT digs a little deeper: They weren’t allowed to ...
“Deepfake Election Laws Spread Amid Court Challenges”
Bloomberg News out this morning with an analysis of the legislative landscape for deepfakes in the electoral process. The post “Deepfake Election Laws Spread Amid Court Challenges” ...
“How the Indian Media Amplified Falsehoods in the Drumbeat of War”
NYT: The news reports chronicled India’s overwhelming successes: Indian attacks had struck a Pakistani nuclear base, downed two Pakistani fighter jets and blasted part of Pakistan’s Karachi port, ...
“Trump Administration Cancels Scores of Grants to Study Online Misinformation”
NYT: The Trump administration has sharply expanded its campaign against experts who track misinformation and other harmful content online, abruptly canceling scores of scientific research grants ...
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