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2024 US Election Misinformation

The spread of misinformation during the 2024 US election, particularly from right-wing actors and the role of generative AI in amplifying false claims.

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Jan 12, 2026
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Is the right spreading more and more misinformation

The preponderance of reporting and research from 2024–25 indicates that the most virulent and election-shaping misinformation in the U.S. increasingly originated from right‑wing actors and networks, e...

Jan 28, 2026
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How did social media platforms and foreign actors contribute to the spread of false 2024 election fraud claims?

Social media platforms amplified and prolonged by enabling rapid, low-cost dissemination — through inauthentic accounts, paid influencers, and weakened content moderation — while , most prominently , ...

Feb 6, 2026

How have AI‑generated political deepfakes been used in U.S. elections since 2020, and how have platforms responded?

Since 2020 have appeared in elections as a mix of novelty, targeted deception and trolling—ranging from phony robocalls and cloned voices to AI-created images used in attack ads—while platforms and po...

Feb 5, 2026

How have satire, deepfakes, and fabricated screenshots affected public health rumors about political figures in recent U.S. elections?

Satire, and fabricated screenshots have reshaped how public-health-related rumors about political figures circulate during recent elections by making false or misleading more vivid, faster to spread a...

Jan 28, 2026

2024 election

The presidential election resulted in winning a second, non-consecutive term, reaching the 270 electoral vote threshold and becoming president-elect as reported across major outlets . The contest was ...

Jan 16, 2026

how can i trust factually? doesn’t it use AI?

AI both creates and helps fight misinformation: models can hallucinate confidently, so blind trust is unsafe, yet AI-powered fact‑checking tools and benchmarks are being developed to improve accuracy ...