TikTok AI System Used to Amplify Election Disinformation by Foreign Networks
August 8, 2024
AI-generated misinformation on TikTok, driven by foreign networks, has flooded the platform with false narratives about the 2024 U.S. presidential election. Thousands of videos spreading political lies were identified, potentially influencing millions of users. Despite TikTok’s efforts to remove these accounts, the AI-driven disinformation campaign continues to challenge the integrity of the election.
- Alleged deployer
- unknown-tiktok-users-from-china, unknown-tiktok-users-from-iran, unknown-tiktok-users-from-nigeria, unknown-tiktok-users-from-vietnam
- Alleged developer
- tiktok
- Alleged harmed parties
- american-electorate, electoral-integrity, democracy, general-public
Source
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