Natalia Stanusch

Artificial Elections 2.0: Generative AI in the 2026 French Elections

AI-generated content in the municipal elections remained largely unlabelled and increasingly normalized, expanding to cartoonish imagery and most prominent on the right/far right.

Prompt, Upload, Repeat: Agentic AI Accounts Flood TikTok

Uncovered 354 'Agentic AI Accounts' responsible for the majority of AI slop on TikTok, together amassing 4.5B+ views and 43,000+ near-entirely AI-generated posts of misleading/harmful content.

AI Generated Algorithmic Virality (AI Slop)

Across three European countries, 25% of TikTok's top search results contained synthetic AI imagery (80%+ from 'Agentic AI Accounts'); only about half of AI content was properly labeled despite DSA commitments.

Pay-to-Play: Meta's Community (double) Standards on Pornographic Ads

3,000+ pornographic ads (including AI-generated media and celebrity deepfakes) were approved and generated 8M+ EU impressions, content that would be removed if posted by regular users.

Artificial Elections: Generative AI in 2024 French Elections

Found 51 instances of synthetic imagery, primarily used by right-wing parties to dramatize sensationalist narratives during the 2024 elections; none were labeled as AI-generated.