Comment by Kevin Mullin

Generative AI has made it easier than ever to create convincing deepfakes and other deceptive content, and we’re already seeing these tactics used to influence America’s elections. Meta, headquartered in my district, has rolled back key safeguards over the last few years designed to prevent the spread of misinformation, and this raises serious questions about whether it is prepared to meet today’s rapidly evolving threats. While Meta is just one company, it runs some of the largest social media platforms in the world: Facebook, Instagram, Threads, and WhatsApp. Its decisions have a major impact on what Americans see every single day. American voters have a right to know whether what they are seeing online about candidates and elections is real or fake.