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Despite “, the son-in-law of right-wing pundit Dinesh D’Souza and promoter of the debunked 2000 Mules film. Going into this year’s elections, claims of election fraud remain a staple for candidates running on the right, fueled by dis- and misinformation, both online and off. And the advent of generative AI has the potential to make

Banning TikTok in the US is back on the table after the House voted Wednesday to pass . The House vote revives some US policymakers’ hopes for a forced divestment of TikTok, due to fears that Chinese law could compel its parent company to hand over information on US users, presenting a national security risk.

Manipulated images, edited video, misleading robocalls — none of these things are new to American electoral politics. But with the advent of cheap generative AI, the 2024 presidential election is shaping up to be an unprecedented battleground between voters and their would-be manipulators. The election cycle will test the limits of these new technologies, the resilience

Epic Games forced Apple to allow developers of App Store apps to link to outside payments, and Epic has now filed a motion asking Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers to enforce her original order. Epic says that Apple’s outside payment terms were untenable and that it was “unlikely” that the court “ultimately blesses” the 27 percent

The fate of TikTok in the US now lies with the Senate after House lawmakers voted overwhelmingly to pass a bill that would ban the app unless Chinese parent company ByteDance sells it. President Joe Biden has already said he would sign the bill, the — another attempt to ban TikTok — in the Senate last year

A new Illinois bill called the Journalism Preservation Act ( after and , Google to a 2021 Australia law (Google .

The curious thing about the image that launched a thousand conspiracy theories is not that it was photoshopped. It’s that it was photoshopped badly. The British royal family is like a corporation without an underlying business, a C-suite that is image only. The job is just to be a symbolic representation of the UK. The

DHS Seeks Billions in Funding, Fueling Surveillance and Migrant Risks The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is seeking a staggering…

Apple’s New Policy: Losing Access to Third-Party App Store Updates When Traveling Outside the EU Apple has recently announced a…

SEC’s Climate Disclosure Rule Faces Opposition from Both Sides The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently finalized a landmark climate…