L’UE in difficoltà mentre i deepfake inondano la campagna elettorale ungherese
https://www.politico.eu/article/brussels-bind-hungary-deepfakes-online-election-peter-magyar/
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The European Union says it’s determined to crack down on election disinformation. Hungary is testing just how far it’s willing to go.
Ahead of the country’s election next month, deepfake videos and other misleading content targeting opposition leader Péter Magyar are spreading widely online, much of it amplifying narratives pushed by Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s allies.
For Brussels, the surge poses an awkward problem: The EU has pledged to combat election interference but insists it won’t intervene in national votes.
That leaves officials in a bind. Stepping in risks handing Orbán ammunition for his long-running claim that Brussels is meddling in Hungarian democracy. Doing nothing could undermine the EU’s push to police online manipulation under new digital rules.
When it comes to “foreign information manipulation, interference and disinformation, of course the origin can come from anywhere. It can come from within the European Union,” European Democracy and Justice Commissioner Michael McGrath told a press conference when asked if the EU can do anything about AI-generated misinformation in Hungary.
It’s important to respond to interference attempts “from wherever they come,” he said.
to be fair the damage done by pollitico eu is far greater then anything ai can do
this website has no dignity and is only publishing rage bait/eu bashing/alarmist bullshit for years now
should be banned from this sub entirely
Eu hasnt helped since 2010. Merkel even supported Orban
>“It is against our policies for advertisers to run ads about social issues, elections and politics in the EU. After investigation, we have removed all the violating ads shared with us,” Meta spokesperson Ben Walters told POLITICO.
I found this to be false. On r/hungary sub political ads and AI fakes from Facebook are often shared and reported en masse. Even if – and that’s a big if – they pull an ad it takes way too long, damage is already done and new ones are ready to take it’s place.
Deepfakes of Princess Diana endorsing Orban – wasn’t on my bingo card, tbh
>For Brussels, the surge poses an awkward problem: The EU has pledged to combat election interference but insists it won’t intervene in national votes.
Why is this an awkward problem? EU should demand and assist member countries to combat disinformation. Stop being naive about who’s running these disinformation campaigns or start reducing how much say one individual country has over EU matters. Russia is meddling in the Hungarian elections. They want Orban to win so they can get another 4 years of EU and NATO being impeded on important security matters. But this nonsense can’t go on for another 4 years.
We’re all in a bind. Why do these AI/ bot driven campaign win elections? Is it only because of greed, corruption and “third parties”?
I think these gimmicks work because we’re collectively getting dumber. And more reliant on tech.
Some guy was bragging ‘bout how dope his openclaw setup is. He said he has it, among other things, summarise his newsfeed for him, daily. I mean, how hard could it possibly be to steer a dude like him any way you so please? He’s actually paying to be spoon-feed … whatever happens around him.
My godfather told me some while ago the reason “campaigns” shifted to tiktok’s because most of the younger generation simply does not read. We scroll and we double tap.
The dumb ones are easy to rile up. And, go figure, there’s more dumb-dumbs than smart ones in any given country.
Its time for the EU to create a weapon to protect elections from foreign tampering… its neither the first nor the last attempt from Russia…