A fake image of a Georgia mayor kissing a person went viral. Can US voters trust everything they see?

Source: www.theguardian.com · Section: business-tech · Bias: Center-Left · Published: Wed, 30 Sep 2026 10:00:22 GMT

Deepfakes and misinformation driven by artificial intelligence have become a point of deep concern for legislators, advocates and the publicAn image of Bianca Motley Broom, the mayor of College Park, Georgia, kissing a man who was not her husband in a bar spread far and wide on Facebook. The fact that it was fake is spreading faster, now, but only after it had been seen by thousands of people.“I think this is a sad commentary about where we are in our democracy, and where we are in our political discourse,” Motley Broom said. “It also seeks to reinforce really tired stereotypes about women in leadership.” Continue reading...

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