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Firefighters work with water hoses near houses burned down in the Palisades Fire along the Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu, Calif. on Jan. 9, 2025. Right-wing influencers have claimed that the firefighters' response was hampered by workforce diversity goals. David Pashaee/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
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Meta's headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif. in a 2022 file photo. The Facebook parent company announced this week that it will end its work with fact-checkers in the U.S. and change its speech rules after years of criticism from Republicans. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images hide caption
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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifying during the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee hearing in January 2024. Zuckerberg announced on Jan. 7, 2025 that the company would no longer work with third-party fact checking organizations. Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
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A QAnon sign at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Many of the rioters who attacked the Capitol later told investigators they were motivated in part by the online conspiracy theory. Win McNamee/Getty Images hide caption
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Scammers are using generative artificial intelligence tools to create more convincing fake text and voices to commit fraud, according to a recent FBI warning to the public. Olivier Morin/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
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Voters leave after casting their ballot at a polling station in the final phase of voting in India's general election, in Kolkata on June 1, 2024. Artificial intelligence tools were used to create memes and images about political rivals in India and elsewhere around the world. Dibyangshu Sarkar/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
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Kash Patel during the 2024 Conservative Political Action Conference in Fort Washington, Md. on Feb. 23, 2024. President-elect Trump has nominated Patel to lead the FBI even though the agency's current director, Christopher Wray, has more than two years left on his term. Dominic Gwinn/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. at a campaign rally for former President Donald Trump on Nov. 1 in Warren, Mich. Kennedy has been named to lead the Department of Health and Human Services in the incoming Trump administration. Kennedy is on leave from leading Children's Health Defense, a nonprofit that has filed more than 30 lawsuits challenging vaccines and public health mandates. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption
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Voters line up to cast their ballots on Nov. 5, 2024 in Austell, Georgia. Intelligence officials and researchers say Russia, Iran, and China tried to influence Americans in this year's election. But there's no indication so far their efforts swayed results. Megan Varner/Getty Images hide caption
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Philadelphia County board of elections staff processes ballots on Election Day at the ballot counting elections warehouse on the outskirts of Philadelphia, Pa. Ed Jones/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
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People wait in line to vote outside a polling station on Election Day in Nazareth, Pa., on Nov. 5. Samuel Corum/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
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A voter enters the Bucks County Administration building in Doylestown, Pa. on Oct. 31, 2024. Ed Jones/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
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Voters cast their ballots on the last day of early voting for the 2024 election on Friday in Atlanta. Megan Varner/Getty Images hide caption
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People wait in line to cast their votes during in New York on October 26, 2024. Online, social media users are floating unverified and false claims about voting that can quickly go viral. Kena Betancur/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
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Trays of mail in ballots are stacked at the Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters office on Oct. 21, 2024 in San Jose, Calif. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images hide caption
A man votes at a public library turned into an early voting polling station in Black Mountain, N.C., on Oct. 29. Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
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Voters work on their ballots at a polling station in Arlington, Va., on Sept. 20. AFP via Getty Images/AFP hide caption
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A ballot drop box in in Vancouver, Wash., was set ablaze early Monday morning, destroying hundreds of ballots. Erik Neumann/OPB hide caption
A person leaves an early voting site after casting a ballot on Oct. 21 in Deland, Fla. Florida is one of three states that recently sued the Biden administration over citizenship checks of voters. Miguel J. Rodriguez Carrillo/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
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Director of the Board of Elections Tyler Burns holds a test ballot during a mail-in ballot processing demonstration on Sept. 30 in Doylestown, Pa. A fake video purporting to show ballots being destroyed in Bucks County, Pa., showed different envelopes and ballots than the county actually uses. Hannah Beier/Getty Images hide caption
Elon Musk jumps onstage at a town hall event hosted by America PAC in support of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump in Oaks, Pa., on Oct. 18. Ryan Collerd/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
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Turning Point's Charlie Kirk speaks at a rally for former President Donald Trump at Dream City Church in Phoenix on June 6. Caitlin O'Hara for NPR hide caption
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A general view to the Kremlin towers and Ivan the Great cathedral in May 2024. U.S. intelligence officials say Russia was behind an attempt to spread baseless claims about Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Walz. Natalia Kolesnikova/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
An image that was likely created with artificial intelligence tools that purported to show a young survivor of Hurricane Helene. The image got millions of views online, even after its provenance was questioned. hide caption
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