Global Democracy is In Need of Tech Support This year, over 50 countries, approximately half of the world’s population, will go to the polls. If you’re worried about how new advances in generative AI will affect those elections, you’re in good company. An Ipsos report on global views of AI and disinformation revealed that in many countries, most people believe AI will lead to an increase in online falsehoods. We definitely share these concerns. And we’re calling on tech companies to embrace openness and transparency as a way to protect our democracies from AI-powered disinformation. During this historic election year, we are scrutinizing platform policies, evaluating synthetic content detection tools and launching crowd-sourcing investigations: | | | Are the Tech Platforms Ready for Election 2024? Our digital public squares are evolving. Are tech platforms keeping up with modern democracy’s complexities? (Hint: no) Read the research → |
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| | | Unchecked Campaign Ads Voters worldwide are vulnerable to misleading ads without more independent oversight, according to our research on ad transparency tools in partnership with CheckFirst. Read our investigation → |
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| | | Campaigning by ChatGPT? Even when platforms talk the talk, they don’t always walk the walk. Our simple ChatGPT experiment generated targeted campaign materials, despite OpenAI's prohibition. Read about our experiment → |
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Participate: Dive Deep Into Election Discourse Upcoming Events | | | We are Nations: Mis‑ & Disinformation in Elections & Beyond Join this panel to explore the complexities of mis- and disinformation during elections and discover effective strategies to ensure fairness, transparency, and accountability in the electoral process. Watch the recording on LinkedIn → |
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| | | Elections: A Test of Transparency Interested in learning more about how big tech will big tech impact 2024 elections? Watch our discussion with researchers and journalists who monitor platforms to uphold democracy. Watch the recording on LinkedIn → |
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| | | Deep Fakes & Deep Election Troubles Add to the list of 2024 election obstacles: Deepfakes. As they continue to improve, how do we preserve election integrity? Watch conversation with Reality Defender, maker of deepfake detection tools, and Mozilla Fellow Tarcizio Silva working on AI policy in Brazil. Watch the recording on LinkedIn → |
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Take Action What you can do to boost election integrity around the world | | | WhatsApp Must Act to Protect Global Elections Meta’s WhatsApp is used to share election‑related content but the company isn’t taking adequate steps to protect democratic integrity. Add your name and urge WhatsApp to update its product features in time for key 2024 elections. Add your name → |
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What We’re Reading: What our researchers, grantees and staff are reading about election integrity Fake US election-related accounts proliferating on X, study says (Reuters) American Privacy Rights Act, Kids Online Safety Act Marked Up in House Energy & Commerce Subcommittee (TechPolicy) Understand and Prepare to Fight AI-Backed Voter Suppression (Brennan Center) A new bill would force companies like OpenAI to disclose their training data (Fast Company) It’s becoming alarmingly easy to create audio deepfakes of Biden and Trump (Fast Company) LOLERCOPTER 🚁🔥posts that made us laugh
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