With the pace of our lives… you see something, you like it, you share it, you move on. It’s very fast moving, and sometimes maybe we don’t stop and think.
Stop and think before you share:
New advice for voters on disinformation, and for campaigners using generative AI
examples of election misinformation have included:
Fake news articles branded like a recognised news source with genuine journalists’ bylines
A campaigner for one of the political parties captured on a doorbell video camera in Birmingham and given fake captions for on online video
Campaigning literature designed to look like local newspapers.
And much more, especially AI generated images, etc....
Nothing you share is "breaking news" so just stop & think beforehand 😉
The Conservatives and Liberal Democrats have continued to distribute fake local newspapers promoting their candidates in the 2024 general election, despite criticism of the practice from media groups and journalists.
The Liberal Democrat examples all used newspaper-style names, for example the “Tunbridge Wells Telegraph”, the “West Dorset Courier”, the “North East Fife Gazette” or the “Harborough, Oadby & Wigston Herald”.
@ecksmc That’s scary. They’re pushing lies
@Kaydenpat tbf it isn't actual lies
The "newspapers" are misleading readers by making the readers think they are legitimate local news sources/outlets that favor the candidate in question
The actual stuff in they "newspapers" aren't lies it's actual real literature to promote their candidate - misleading public into assuming it comes from independent journalists working for local news outlets is the issue