Threads becoming inundated with liberal election fraud conspiracies highlights the shift toward a “post-truth” online landscape across the political spectrum
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The FBI, ODNI, and CISA say they are “confident” that Iran was responsible for recent attempted hacks into the Trump and Biden-Harris presidential campaigns
In a joint statement with intelligence agencies, the bureau said the attempted hacks also were directed at the Democratic campaign.
A look at the flood of “fancam” Kamala Harris videos and memes on short-form video platforms, echoing the “meme armies” that backed Donald Trump's campaigns
A grassroots network of TikTok creators, energized by the new likely Democratic nominee …
Meta says “an error” is causing Instagram and Threads to turn on a setting that limits political content from people who users don't follow, upon every app open
After Democratic strategist Keith Edwards urged Threads users to check the Instagram setting limiting political content …
X remains a popular destination for people highly engaged in politics, with DC insiders reluctantly buying blue checks and candidates paying for cheap ads
While former President Donald Trump was actively being convicted by a jury of his peers in New York City last week … Threads: @joanwestenberg , @joanwestenberg , @theromit , @moskov , @drewharwell , @...
Sources detail how Senate Commerce Committee chair Maria Cantwell, who recently proposed a privacy bill, has undermined privacy negotiations for years
Many aides say Maria Cantwell, a powerful Democratic leader, has repeatedly upended privacy negotiations. Mastodon: @JosephMenn@infosec.exchange . X: @wolfejosh , @michaelsobolik , @realrussbaker , @c...
Jason Palmer, who beat Joe Biden in American Samoa's Democratic caucus, used AI-generated texts, emails, and an avatar to communicate with voters
Generative AI will be the same way. — https://www.wsj.com/... X: Simonetta Vezzoso / @wavesblog : “Palmer himself never set foot on the tiny territory of islands in the South Pacific during the camp...
Jason Palmer, who beat Joe Biden in American Samoa's Democratic caucus, used AI-generated texts, emails, and an avatar to communicate with voters
Generative AI will be the same way. — https://www.wsj.com/... X: Simonetta Vezzoso / @wavesblog : “Palmer himself never set foot on the tiny territory of islands in the South Pacific during the camp...
Over 700 people, including AI experts and executives, sign an open letter calling for more regulation of deepfakes, such as by criminalizing deepfake child porn
especially as we head into a major election. ‘AI godfather’, others urge more deepfake regulation in open letter https://www.reuters.com/... Ari H. Mendelson / @kingmakerseries : Regulating this kind ...
A recent paper on ChatGPT's political biases seems to have many flaws, including testing an older model and prompt types, but the broader topic merits research
A new paper making this claim has many flaws. But the question merits research. — Previous research has shown … Mastodon: @randomwalker@mastodon.social . X: @random_walker , @cbarrie , @simonw , @e...