Laura Belin is an openly liberal journalist in Iowa who has long been shut out by state Republican officials. Now sheβs being bypassed by Democrats who favor friendly internet influencers.
Laura Belin, an independent journalist, working in her home in Windsor Heights, Iowa.
Some of the social media posts paid for by Gina Hinojosaβs campaign for Texas governor donβt include a disclosure, despite a state regulation that likely requires it.
The midterms are the first elections in which artificial intelligence is integrated into every major social media platform. Efforts to blunt its harms are uneven.
One in five voters plan to use A.I. to look into a race on their ballot, according a survey released this month by the American Association of Political Consultants.