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Surprise! Elon Musk handing out million dollar checks to swing state voters in Pennsylvania who sign his petition could be illegal.

Elon Musk May Be in Serious Trouble for Paying Voters in Swing States

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

In the micronation of Liberland, a crypto bro who's been accused of fraud has just become one of the most powerful men in the tiny country.

Crypto Bro and Alleged Fraudster Appointed Leader of a Tiny “Micronation” in Eastern Europe

By Noor Al-Sibai

One of the top picks to replace Joe Biden on the Democratic presidential ticket is a former NASA astronaut and current senator.

One of the Top Candidates to Replace Biden Is a Former NASA Astronaut

By Noor Al-Sibai

A tiny cohort of "supersharers" spread the majority of fake news on Twitter during the 2020 election. They were mostly older white women.

Scientists Find That a Tiny Proportion of People Spread Almost All the Fake News, and They Turn Out to Be Exactly Who You’d Expect

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

An Indonesian political party used generative AI to "resurrect" the dead dictator Suharto via deepfake amid the nation's ongoing elections.

Artificial Intelligence

AI Used to Resurrect Dead Dictator to Sway Election

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

According to a new report, TikTok is absolutely terrible at filtering out harmful misinformation and disinformation regarding elections and politics.

Research Confirms TikTok Is a Cesspool of Misinformation

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Ex-President and extremely sore loser Donald Trump had some interesting words to say — or well, not say — about the COVID-19 vaccine.

Trump Admits That He Can’t Mention the COVID Vaccine in Front of His Followers

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

NASA astronaut Kate Rubins just submitted her vote for the 2020 presidential elections — from the International Space Station's "voting booth."

A NASA Astronaut Just Voted From Space

By Victor Tangermann

To test Twitter's verification and election security systems, a high schooler created a fake Congressional candidate. Twitter verified it right away.

Twitter Verifies Fake Congressional Candidate Invented by Teen

By Dan Robitzski

Deepfake pioneer Hao Li believes the average person will have access to "perfectly real" deepfakes in just six to 12 months.

Artificial Intelligence

Deepfake Pioneer: “Perfectly Real” Fake Vids Are Six Months Away

By Kristin Houser

A state-owned communications watchdog in Russia claims that Google, Facebook, and YouTube interfered with a local election by allowing political ads.

Russia Accuses Facebook of Meddling In Its Election. Seriously.

By Victor Tangermann

DARPA is developing technology that could finally lead to secure voting machines. It plans to have experts from professors to hackers kick the tires.

DARPA Is Building an Open Source Voting Machine

By Dan Robitzski

Some Americans Will Get to Vote via Blockchain This November

Some Americans Will Get to Vote via Blockchain This November

By Kristin Houser

Could Digital Voting Create a Society That Is Truly Governed by the People?

Could Digital Voting Create a Society That Is Truly Governed by the People?

By Alexandra Ossola

Secure Elections Act

A Bipartisan Group of U.S. Senators Has a Plan to Secure Future Elections

By Chelsea Gohd