Beijing will resort to using fabricated videos and spreading false rumours and fake news on social media channels in an effort to disrupt the electoral process.
The Telegraph
With 2024 set to be an election year in the UK, US and many other countries around the world, concerns have been raised about how AI will be deployed to create misinformation and fake news.
Press Gazette
Experts across the world have been warning about the role of tools like ChatGPT will have in fabricating fake news and influencing public opinion during the biggest election year in history.
TechRadar
China uses a sophisticated, multi-pronged approach to influence public opinion, far beyond fake news, with AI posing an ever-growing threat.
Merics
Other risks posed by AI include imminent threats such as fake news being used in 2024's US election, and every country developing its own warfare robots.
Information Age
Energy pressure, an increase in the military threat, the pressure of Russian propaganda, and spreading fake news are actions that have an impact on the situation in Europe.
Situation at the Poland-Belarus border
Countries worldwide are now having to contend with a growing deluge of fake news which threatens to manipulate voting, exacerbate societal tensions, and even incite violence - such as the 2021 attack on the US Capitol Building.
Centre for Emerging Technology and Security
Companies deploying generative AI tools with the potential to generate disinformation should place labels on their content as an effort to combat fake news.
CoinTelegraph
AI will scale the spread of disinformation, creating bigger problems with fake news and images.
Yahoo News
Japan plans to start using artificial intelligence to analyze foreign disinformation campaigns, bolstering its response to the spread of fake news across social media.
Nikkei Asia
The Indian government has taken legislative swipes against VPN providers, made third party platforms directly responsible for user-generated content, and leveraged fear-inducing terms like terrorism and fake news to propose and pass laws that expand already generous government snooping powers.
Techdirt
In a world of deep fakes, propaganda, and fake news, companies will value employees who are open-minded but able to judge the quality of information that inundates us every day.
Forbes
Turkey's parliament on Thursday approved a tough pre-election law that could see reporters and social media users jailed for up to three years for spreading fake news.
FRANCE 24
In recent years, social media, which was once dominated by alternative and independent voices, has been utilized by progovernment forces, and particularly, Iran-backed militias, to spread incitement, fake news, and explicit threats against activists.
Freedom House
Spreading fake news on behalf of a hostile state like Russia or China could become a crime under government plans to overhaul the Official Secrets Act.
The Times
Russian authorities have instituted new fake news laws to stifle opposition with the threat of fifteen years in prison or steep fines.
Inkstick Media
Well, experts are warming that fake news and disinformation could lead to potentially greater electoral violence across the world, including Kenya.
The Star
In 2022, fake news 2.0 will see malicious actors using emerging technologies to create fake news campaigns as part of elaborate phishing attacks and scams.
BusinessTech
Putin has been taking no chances with domestic dissent in Russia - shuttering independent media, arresting anti-war demonstrators and threatening jail terms of 15 years for anyone spreading fake news.
News18
Last updated: 21 April 2024
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