Election Day is one week away and staff at the Erie County Elections Office are busy putting the final touches on everything for the big day. The director of elections Tonia Fernandez said Tuesday was the last day to apply for a ballot to vote early and the last day to submit an application for []
Plaid Cymru calls for drugs decriminalisation in pitch for police and crime commissioner elections.
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A survey of IT staff revealed concerns about the use of AI-generated content to undermine democratic processes.
To the editor: As a 1975 graduate of Pomona College and a veteran of many campus protests, I am disturbed that neither protesting students nor some faculty seem to understand elementary civil disobedience. ("'I can't focus on anything but rage.' Pro-Palestinian protests roil elite Pomona College," April 12) If students choose to break the law by trespassing on an administration building or violating other school policies, they should be subject to suspension and arrest and accept that actions...
From the editorial: "This applies just to political endorsements and non-endorsements."
WICOMICO COUNTY, Md. – Wicomico County and Salisbury leaders continue to butt heads over an upcoming Jeep event. Doubling Down Safari at the Quarry is set to rumble near Connelly Mill Road on May 4th and 5th. That’s despite growing calls to cancel the event from residents, the County Council, and Salisbury City Council. On April 19th, the City
Nadine Dorries has added to speculation that a general election call could come from Rishi Sunak next week.
Political campaigns are deploying AI-generated deepfake versions of politicians to reach hundreds of millions of eligible voters in India’s 2024 election – the world’s largest ever
SISKIYOU COUNTY, Cal. – Siskiyou County Supervisors are sending a letter to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). During Tuesday’s meeting, board members unanimously voted to approve the letter which outlines several of their concerns over the Klamath Dam Removal Project. Those concerns center around what they say is a lack of communication from administrators […]
Despite writing this letter each week, I still wonder why so few of us write real ones anymore. I was thinking of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, who corresponded frequently but met only once: ‘The present racial crisis in this country carries within it powerful destructive ingredients that may soon erupt into an uncontrollable explosion,’ More
Three deepfake-detection software experts testified to the Senate's subcommittee on privacy, technology and the law Tuesday about how Congress can regulate the artificial intelligence space, particularly the rise of malicious deepfakes. Deepfakes are misleading audio, video or images that are created or edited with AI technology. In January, deepfake audio that impersonated President Joe Biden telling Democrats not to vote in the New Hampshire primary was sent to thousands of voters in a...