NEW: Guardian reporting 'Ex-Trump advisers help to grow pro-Russia website that spreads misinformation' with expert commentary from me. https://amp.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/sep/19/intelligencer-pro-russia-website-trump #propaganda #uselection #trump #disinformation#russia

#politics #elections #Russia #propaganda #disinformation#InformationWarfare

'The practices alleged by the US Department of Justice (DOJ) closely match what my co-authors and I have identified in our new book...as having become standard practice in Russian attempts to influence international audiences.

Here are five key features of Russian information manipulation we identified, and which can help understand the latest election-meddling scandal.'

https://theconversation.com/five-disinformation-tactics-russia-is-using-to-try-to-influence-the-us-election-238379

The video was soon re-shared on X by an acct that posts content verbatim from #Trump’s feed on Truth Social. That acct on X has >800k followers, &, as of late Sun, the post containing the #Harris #deepfake had >620k views.

The video appears to be in violation of X’s terms of service, which prohibit the sharing of “synthetic, manipulated, or out-of-context media that may deceive or confuse people & lead to harm.”

#ElonMusk#ElectionInterference #propaganda#MediaLiteracy#InternetManipulation

The video is obviously #manipulated & easily debunked by viewing the unaltered footage, which shows #Harris speaking smoothly, w/o repeating the same words & phrases as portrayed in the doctored video.

The video, whose origin is unclear, was posted by #Trump himself on Truth Social on Sat, accompanied by a rant in which he calls Harris “DUMB!” & “extremely Low IQ.”

#ElonMusk#ElectionInterference #law#X #disinformation#FarRight #propaganda#SocialMedia#Moderation#InternetManipulation

For the second time in <2 wks, a doctored video of MVP #KamalaHarris has spread widely on #ElonMusk’s #SocialMedia platform #X.

A video known as a “ #deepfake” that was posted on X on Sat *appears* to show #Harris repeating herself over & over again, using a crude audio rendering made to seem like Harris is struggling to finish a complete sentence.

#ElectionInterference #law #disinformation#FarRight #propaganda#Moderation
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/08/deepfakes-elon-musk-donald-trump-kamala-harris-x/

Secretaries of state are grappling w/an onslaught of #AI-driven election #misinformation, incl’g #deepfakes, ahead of the #2024election. Simon testified on the subject before the Senate Rules & Administration Cmte last yr.
Many of them are also still beating back the ramifications of widespread [by #Trump, #MAGA#Republicans &#ElonMusk] false #ConspiracyTheories that plagued the last presidential election.

#disinformation#FarRight #propaganda#SocialMedia#Moderation #law#ElectionInterference

…“It’s important that #SocialMedia companies, especially those w/ #global reach, correct mistakes of their own making — as in the case of the #Grok#AI #chatbot simply getting the rules wrong,” Simon added. “Speaking out now will hopefully reduce the risk that any social media company will decline or delay correction of its own mistakes between now & the November #election.”

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Simon reached out to his counterparts in all 9 states mentioned in the #Grok msgs, but only 4 others agreed to sign the letter. All the signatories are #Democrats, except for Schmidt of Pennsylvania, a Republican who is an appointee of Gov #JoshShapiro, a Democrat & a top candidate to be #Harris’s running mate.
#ElonMusk#ElectionInterference #law#X #disinformation #misinformation#FarRight #propaganda#SocialMedia#Moderation#AI