Election 2024: Foreign Accounts Push Political Lies on TikTok
Graphika's Chief Intelligence Officer, Jack Stubbs, provides insight for the Wall Street Journal's latest article on TikTok-based election interference.
With the 2024 U.S. presidential election fast approaching, the world is watching the U.S. political landscape with a close lens.
A recent report from The Wall Street Journal featuring Graphika insights found that Americans are being targeted with inaccurate political content and divisive narratives ahead of November. The source? Foreign TikTok networks including dozens of accounts from China, Nigeria, Iran, and Vietnam. Anti-Trump videos, generated with the help of artificial intelligence, are prominent in the content.
Creating and disseminating this material has become an easy lift for anyone armed with artificial intelligence and other automation tools.
In the new article, Graphika's Chief Intelligence Officer Jack Stubbs noted that “anyone with $5 and a credit card can do this.”
For more details, check out the full article on The Wall Street Journal.
Graphika is the most trusted provider of actionable open-source intelligence to help organizations stay ahead of emerging online events and make decisions on how to navigate them. Led by prominent innovators and technologists in the field of online discourse analysis, Graphika supports global enterprises and public sector customers across trust & safety, cyber threat intelligence, and strategic communications, spanning industries including intelligence, technology, media and entertainment, and global banking.
Related Posts
The “OrdinAIry People” Who Couldn’t Steal Christmas
When people imagine AI-powered influence operations, they tend to picture sophisticated deepfakes or perfectly dialled-in political content targeting key demographics. The reality is often much more mundane, and even a little bizarre.
Read More
Graphika In The News: 60 Minutes
A new story from 60 Minutes featuring Graphika found that groups of "Disaster Tourists" made up of white nationalists are getting involved in natural disaster response efforts. Graphika's Executive Chairman and founder Dr. John Kelly sat down with 60 Minutes Correspondent Lesley Stahl to discuss how online networks can shape perception of real-world events.
Read More
Iran War: Monitoring the Online Threat Landscape
Graphika has been actively monitoring the online threat landscape to track influence operations (IOs), hacktivist mobilization, and other threats after U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran.
Read MoreSee How Graphika Can Help Your Team Act on This Intelligence
Graphika’s research team publishes regular insights on influence operations, disinformation, and online threats. Our platform gives your analysts continuous access to the same intelligence.