Deepfakes don’t move at legislative speed.
As the 2026 election cycle accelerates, AI-generated impersonation has evolved from isolated experiments into faster, more scalable operations.
And while legislation can create important guardrails and accountability, campaigns still face a key security problem: synthetic content can spread long before enforcement catches up.
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@TheHackersNews, our VP and Global Head of Threat Intelligence, Josh Bartolomie, breaks down why campaign cybersecurity now has to extend beyond internal systems and into the channels where trust is built, borrowed, and exploited: