Going to the Ballot Bot
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In this week’s episode, Ben is joined by Katie Harbath, Meta’s former director of public policy for global elections and now founder of technology policy firm Anchor Change. She is also the author of Disrupting Politics, out on Tuesday. Together they discuss:
TSE (Brazil Election Commission) clarifies rules on deepfakes in the 2026 elections (O Diário do Paraná)
AI tools keep recommending candidates, monitoring finds (Tribuna Livre Brasil)
On Eve of Brazil Elections…
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