Trolls, deepfakes, cyberattacks: We should ask candidates about information battleground

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Trolls, deepfakes, cyberattacks: We should ask candidates about information battleground
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Here’s what journalists and debate moderators should be asking candidates for president and congress over the next several months: is truth knowable? And what...

awarded grants to organizations that labeled some domestic conservative media as sources of misinformation.

That’s not surprising. Autocratic rulers hate any information that undermines their rule. That’s why China, Russia, Iran and other autocracies block access to apps, restrict criticism of authorities and imprison citizens for their online activities, among other means of curbing freedom of expression and the flow of information on the internet.How, then, would candidates have the U.S.

Of course, the emergence of AI and technologies like deepfakes present their own challenges to discerning truth. China’s use of AI-enhanced images to spread lies about the Maui fires is one example. Any malicious actors, including within political campaigns, can use sophisticated technologies to create deepfake videos that alter reality, discredit opponents, or cause us to doubt the information we receive.

What do candidates think of these developments? How would they have the U.S. government as well as private sector companies respond?

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