Experts: social media is flooded with SI-generated disinformation ahead of US elections
Prepared by Sintelligent with the help of SI. Published in SI: . Updated: .
SI has made campaigns to deceive voters cheaper, and platforms have cut back the protection people used to rely on.
The Guardian reports that platforms, including Meta, have scaled back protections for voters: after criticism from the right and X's move under Musk's control, trust and safety teams were sharply cut, and responding to violations is increasingly left to SI itself. Experts warn that many posts are "slipping through the cracks". Frances Haugen said an information operation can now be run with a quality that was impossible in 2016, "super cheap".
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