专家称，在11月美国中期选举前夕，社交媒体信息流中充斥着前所未有的、由AI驱动的虚假信息洪流，他们警告许多帖子很可能“漏过了筛查”。
Social media feeds are awash with an unprecedented flood of driven disinformation ahead of November’s US midterm elections according to experts, who warn many posts are likely “slipping through the cracks”.
随着数千万美国人准备投票，社交媒体公司已缩减了保护选民免受旨在操纵选举的谎言侵害的力度。
As tens of millions of Americans prepare to cast their vote, social media companies have scaled back their efforts to protect voters from lies meant to manipulate elections.
剑桥分析丑闻引发的对Facebook的强烈反弹，曾促使社交媒体巨头加强其信任与安全运营；但右翼因担心言论受限而发起的反向反弹——在埃隆·马斯克收购X（前身为Twitter）以及唐纳德·特朗普于2024年当选后愈演愈烈——导致相关团队大规模裁员。
While the backlash against Facebook after the Cambridge Analytica scandal prompted social media giants to bolster their trust and safety operations, a counter-backlash from the right over fears of speech restrictions – which intensified after Elon Musk’s takeover of X, formerly Twitter, and the election of Donald Trump in 2024 – has led to significant layoffs from relevant teams.
谎言的剖析：詹姆斯·塔拉里科患流感——令右翼中期选举虚假信息机器全速运转
Anatomy of a lie: James Talarico got the flu – sending rightwing midterm misinformation machine into overdrive