Claim: A Facebook user posted an image of Peter Obi on a hospital bed with an IV drip, a cervical collar, a vital-signs monitor, and a thumbs-up. A Facebook Kunle Wizeman Ajayi on 4th November 2026 posted an image of the Presidential…
AI-generated political ads flooded TV and social media this midterm cycle. Roughly half of them used likenesses of real candidates. Most didn’t disclose they used AI. What does this mean for the future of truth in elections? Erika Franklin Fowler,…
Does a viral collage actually document the Colosseum and the Eiffel Tower lit in blue to celebrate Democratic wins in the 2026 midterms? No, that's not true: Five online tools determined that the picture contained generative AI. No established news outlets…
A corrida por regulamentar anúncios políticos gerados por IA já está nos manchetes de todo o mundo. Em menos de três meses, o termo “IA anúncios políticos” disparou nas buscas do Google Trends em EUA, UE, Brasil e México, sinalizando…
Finding (according to DUBAWA) False: no such visit reported; image created with AI DUBAWA searched credible media publications and found no report of any such visit. When the image was run through an AI verification tool, it showed the picture…
Illawarra Mercury Greens condemn politicians creating AI-deepfake election videos
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Published Nov 5, 2026 3:49 PM EST The journalist, Olivia Reingold, is a staff writer for The Free Press, a conservative, billionaire-aligning media outlet best known for ragging about perceived instances of “wokeness” in culture and attacking critics of Israel. “So far at…
The claim appeared in a post (archived here) on X by @balladofanxcx on Nov. 3, 2026. The caption read: ⏰ Tate Mcrae [sic] via Instagram. 'go out there and vote ❤❤' This is what the image in the post looked like on X at…
Por Byron Manley, Annette Choi, Matt Stiles y Zachary Wolf, CNN Una ola azul se extendió por todo Estados Unidos en los resultados de las elecciones intermedias, con cambios de 20, 30 y hasta 40 puntos porcentuales a favor de los demócratas en…
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