Tech Giants Urged to Combat AI-Generated Misinformation Ahead of Elections
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Social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter, and TikTok play a major role in spreading AI-generated fake news and misinformation. This could disrupt elections.
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Fake ads and videos featuring politicians are used to scam people out of money or shape negative opinions about political leaders.
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Much of this content goes viral quickly then gets taken down, but keeps reappearing in other places in a process called "content laundering."
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TikTok and other platforms need more transparency around political ads. Twitter and Facebook should update policies around fake audio and video.
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Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk and other tech leaders must do more to police their platforms to control the coming "flurry" of AI-generated fake content around elections.