In 2024, more than 50 countries around the world will vote in national elections, making it the largest election year in history. But as activists, legislators, and journalists have raised alarms about the potential for election-related misinformation, disinformation, and violence, many platforms have laid off the very workers and teams …
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Last week, some voters in New Hampshire received an AI-generated robocall impersonating President Joe Biden, telling them not to vote in the state’s primary election. It’s not clear who was responsible for the call, but two separate teams of audio experts tell WIRED it was likely created using technology from …
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Former president Donald Trump’s nomination as the GOP presidential candidate for 2024 now appears to be a matter of when, not if. Over the past few days, the presidential race has cleared. Florida governor Ron DeSantis suspended his campaign and endorsed Trump, and former UN ambassador Nikki Haley lost to …
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On Tuesday, as voters in New Hampshire cast their ballots in the state’s primary, WIRED followed the activity of one online group of election-deniers who spent the day spreading wild conspiracies and outrage. In the New Hampshire Voter Integrity Facebook group, members were convinced of election fraud within minutes of …
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In the New Hampshire primary yesterday, a relatively unknown Democratic congressman from Minnesota gained nearly 20 percent of the vote. Dean Phillips, who is challenging Joe Biden for the Democratic nomination, was boosted by rich techies from Silicon Valley hoping to shake up the Democratic primary. Biden wasn’t on the …
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A deepfake robocall impersonating President Biden is rocking the New Hampshire primary, and no one knows who’s behind it. Over the weekend, voters in New Hampshire and New England received a call from a voice that sounded eerily like Biden, touting election “malarkey” and discouraging them to vote in the …
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