Experts warn of AI-driven disinformation surge ahead of US midterms

Social media feeds are flooded with AI-driven disinformation before November's US midterms, while platforms including Meta and X have cut trust and safety teams and increasingly rely on AI moderation. Former Facebook engineer Frances Haugen said an information operation can now run at high quality "super, super cheap".

• Meta and X scaled back trust and safety teams after right-wing backlash and Musk's takeover
• Haugen: disinformation campaigns now run at high quality for very low cost
• False claim about Texas candidate Talarico spread for days and mutated in Spanish media
• DDIA: platforms enforce rules more strictly in English than in Spanish