AI-generated content in political campaigns: how far will we let this go?

Disinformation accelerated by AI is affecting democracies worldwide at an extraordinary pace. Governments overseas are wielding it against their own citizens. Meanwhile closer to home, perceptions of AI interference in elections have us questioning everything. It's an information war being fought on several fronts.

We finally have some empirical data on this new phenomena. So, how do we safeguard our democracies from digital interference?

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GUEST: Dr Constanza Sanhueza, researcher and senior lecturer in political science at ANU.

This is the second of Global Roaming's mini series on misinformation and disinformation. Hamish's documentary is called A Matter of Facts, and will be released on iView on Tuesday 24th March 2026.

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