More than 200 civil advocacy groups call on big tech companies to step up efforts to combat misinformation fueled by artificial intelligence (AI) ahead of elections around the world, in a letter released Tuesday. did.
These groups have written letters to the heads of popular technology companies, including Google, Meta, Reddit, TikTok, YouTube, and He called for “immediate action” to strengthen the situation.
Citizen advocacy groups say platforms are “unprepared to protect users and democracy in 2024” because tech companies have retreated from necessary protections such as “content moderation, civil society monitoring tools, and trust and safety.” ' he claimed.
“In 2020, Black people and other people of color, women, and non-English speakers were and continue to be disproportionately targeted by online election lies,” the letter, first reported by the Washington Post, said. “it is written like this.
The group called on tech companies to reinstate election integrity policies, increase multilingual enforcement teams and enforce rules against election lies and hate in advertising.
They call for “increased scrutiny and labeling of ads containing generative AI” and for human review of political ads before they are published.
Citizen advocacy groups have called on tech companies to publish AI-generated political content and ban the use of deepfakes in political ads. It also called on companies to promote “fact-based election content” and change their algorithms to ensure AI products have oversight and enforcement teams.
These groups called for influencers, celebrities, and political candidates to be held to the same standards of moderation and enforcement as regular users.
Citizen advocacy groups also called on companies to be more transparent by regularly sharing reports that include their efforts to moderate their use of AI and content in a timely manner.
They are asking tech CEOs to respond in writing with their intentions by April 22nd.
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