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AI is amplifying social media disinformation — and making Big Tech civilly liable may be the key to stemming it
A legal expert proposes amending US law to hold social media companies civilly liable when their sa…
Natalie Musumeci
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Kamala Harris' opening argument: Vote for me and I'll decimate Project 2025
Harris vowed to defeat Project 2025, but Trump has distanced himself from the project, calling it '…
Aditi Bharade
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Biden tries to drum up fundraising off Elon Musk's Trump endorsement: 'The richest person in the world is now on Team MAGA'
"Musk already ruined Twitter by allowing hate speech and disinformation to flood the platform," the…
Geoff Weiss
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What is Project 2025? The conservative road map is raising a lot of eyebrows, on both sides of the aisle.
Project 2025 is a plan for the first 180 days of the next Republican president. It's so extreme tha…
Katie Balevic
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How Israel is using AI to try to get Americans on its side
Israel conducted a secret influence campaign targeting US lawmakers and civilians to drum up suppor…
Grace Eliza Goodwin
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Mitch McConnell's support of the TikTok bill is a big deal, but that doesn't mean the app is doomed
Some senators have said they think the TikTok bill would get struck down in court.
Madison Hall
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Chinese social media accounts are stoking political chaos ahead of the 2024 presidential election: report
Some Chinese government-linked social media accounts mirror previous Russian tactics, sowing doubts…
Madison Hall
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Election campaigns are already using AI with some degree of success. Experts are concerned it will usher in a new era of disinformation.
The Democratic National Committee tested with AI-generated content and found that it could perform …
Lloyd Lee
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X and TikTok told by EU to 'step up' countering hate speech and Israel-Hamas disinformation
TikTok's CEO and an X executive met with a European Commision vice president, who warned about hate…
Pete Syme
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China might have a friendlier face now, but it's not giving up on its aggressive Wolf Warrior diplomacy, experts say
After major shifts in China's foreign ministry toward a more amiable tone, some in the West believe…
Matthew Loh
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Texas secessionists are becoming more fervent than ever. But experts say it would mess up its thriving economy.
A movement in Texas aims for secession from the United States. But experts have said this would be …
Alia Shoaib
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False claims dead Palestinian baby was 'a doll' go viral on social media in the Israel-Hamas disinformation war
The Jerusalem Post, a leading Israeli news outlet, removed and retracted its article about the Pal…
Rebecca Rommen
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Exclusive: Russia-linked smear campaign against Hunter Biden began earlier than previously thought
A former KGB agent handed a thumb drive with disinformation about Hunter Biden to a Trump official …
Mattathias Schwartz
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China and Russia both think Trump is an 'easy mark' to exploit, Trump-era national security adviser says
"The only question in my mind if Trump is reelected is whether the bigger celebration will be in th…
Matthew Loh
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New Hampshire voters are getting bogus robocalls with an imitation of Biden's voice telling them not to vote in the state's primary
The source of the calls, which pushed Democratic voters to skip the New Hampshire primary, has not …
Madison Hall
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Meta laid off staff on disinformation teams responsible for election safety, report says
Meta's recent layoffs have impacted the team that is responsible for tackling disinformation on the…
Pete Syme
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Georgia prosecutor says more Trump associates will likely be subpoenaed as part of her probe into the campaign to overturn the 2020 election
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has issued subpoenas for several Trump associates, and …
Tom Porter
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Trump shouldn't be able to distract the jury with politics during his election interference trial, prosecutors argue
Jack Smith argues in a court filing that Trump should only be able to argue about the facts of the …
Jacob Shamsian
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Ex-head of DHS disinformation board warns the US is 'in a really bleak situation'
"I think we're in a really bleak situation here in this country," Jankowicz said after leaving the …
Brent D. Griffiths
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Mitt Romney likens Trump's false claim that he won in 2020 to the 'delusion that leads people to feed money into slot machines'
In an essay in The Atlantic, Romney takes aim at "wishful thinking" in politics and calls Trump's e…