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Nearly three quarters of U.S. adults worry deepfakes could sway election: Jumio

The hour is ripe for political deepfakes. The U.S. presidential elections are still four months away, and the campaign has…

 

Contractor distances self from biometric device failures in South Africa elections

A Johannesburg-based company, Ren-Form, which supplied biometric hardware to the Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) says it is not…

 

Kenya austerity measures affect biometric voter management system budget

The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission of Kenya (IEBC) has cried out that supplementary budget cuts instructed by the President…

 

Kurdistan issues 438K biometric voter cards in runup to election

Kurdistan has distributed 438,000 biometric voter cards over the past seven months, as the Iraqi region prepares for its long-overdue…

 

Deepfake research is growing and so is investment in companies that fight it

AI-generated content such as deepfakes is facing increasing scrutiny. Three new research resources – authored by search giant Google, identity…

 

New details revealed about Zimbabwe biometric voting procurement scandal

New developments have emerged about some business moguls who have been cited as being involved in a procurement scandal for…

 

Report blames biometrics for Mozambique poll irregularities; Laxton hits back

An investigative report has demonstrated that irregularities persist in elections in Africa despite the governments presenting election technology such as…

 

Tanzania announces biometric voter registration from July 1 ahead of 2025 polls

Tanzania’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced that a biometric voter registration process will be conducted in the Zanzibar…

 

Kurdistan completes biometric voter registration amid delayed elections

The Iraqi region of Kurdistan is still awaiting its long-overdue parliamentary elections despite ongoing political strife, the process of registering…

 

Sumsub puts numbers to deepfakes preceding elections; govts take action

An internal analysis conducted by Sumsub shows a substantial rise in deepfake content leading up to the 2024 elections in…

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