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Researchers say generated disinformation is spreading ahead of the US midterms

Researchers told the Guardian that generative tools make it cheap to produce many versions of one false story ahead of the November 3rd midterms, and that thinner trust-and-safety teams and weaker moderation in languages such as Spanish make corrections slower. SourcesB

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• BAI disinformation and the midterm elections (Guardian)theguardian.com

This story ran in the Morning Brief of October 28th 2026.