Voters in the European Union are set to elect lawmakers starting Thursday for the bloc’s parliament, in a major democratic exercise that’s also likely to be overshadowed by online disinformation.
FILE - People wait in line to visit the European Parliament during Europe Day celebrations in Brussels on May 4, 2024. Voters in the European Union are set elect lawmakers for the bloc's parliament, in a major democratic exercise that's also likely to be overshadowed by online disinformation. Experts have warned about that artificial intelligence could supercharge the spread of fake news to disrupt the election in the EU and many other countries this year.
He said Russia's"information manipulation" efforts are taking advantage of increasing use of social media penetration “and cheap AI-assisted operations." Bots are being used to push smear campaigns against European political leaders who are critical of Russian President Vladimir Putin, he said.There have been plenty of examples of election-related disinformation.
It's “really worrying, and a bit different than other efforts to create disinformation from alternative sources," said Alexandre Alaphilippe, executive director of EU DisinfoLab, a nonprofit group that researches disinformation. “It raises notably the question of cybersecurity of the news production, which should be considered as critical infrastructure.
Narratives are also fabricated to fuel public discontent with Europe’s political elites, attempt to divide communities over issues like family values, gender or sexuality, sow doubts about climate change and chip away at Western support for Ukraine, EU experts and analysts say.
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