Every day brings new examples of fake campaign-related pictures, videos, and narratives. In recent weeks, there have been false images of Kamala Harris in a swimming suit hugging convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, an AI-generated video of a young man saying he was sexually abused by Tim Walz 30 years ago, a fraudulent Fordham transcript for Donald Trump claiming he had a barely passing 1.28 grade point average, liberal conspiracy theories saying Trump engineered his assassination attempts to generate sympathy for himself, and online pronouncements saying needed hurricane disaster relief funding went to undocumented immigrants.
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Table of Contents
- Allegations of mail ballot fraud in Pennsylvania 1
- COMMENTARY 1
- Darrell M. West 1
- October 28 2024 1
- The emergence of generative AI makes it easy and inexpensive to manufacture fake images and videos and make someone look guilty of things they did not do. 1
- In contested elections candidates sometimes have political incentives to claim victory before there is independent and objective evidence of winning. 1
- Slow vote counts being interpreted as evidence of ballot fraud 2
- Not knowing the winner on election night being seen as evidence of ballot fraud 2
- Claims that substantial numbers of undocumented immigrants voted in key swing states 2
- Charges of ballot stuffing or vote buying in African American and Latino precincts 2
- Premature victory claims 3
- What can be done about election night disinformation 3
- AUTHOR 4
