Who’s behind the Catherine Connolly deepfake video, and why?
05 Nov
Business News

Who’s behind the Catherine Connolly deepfake video, and why?

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Business This week Ireland witnessed its first sophisticated electoral deepfake, when an AI generated video, mimicking RTÉ news, told users of Facebook and YouTube that the election had been cancelled and Heather Humphreys declared the winner, because Catherine Connolly had exited the campaign (this is not true). To understand what happened, and how to respond, we need to also consider why people may have gone to great efforts to get this video in front of us. There are at least four reasons why someone might carry out an act of electoral disinformation. The first is to influence the outcome of an election. Lies about how or when to vote, who is eligible, or as we saw here this week, that an election has been cancelled, can be used to stop certain voters from turning up on...
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The Fraser manifesto: A former prime minister’s plan to replace the Liberal Party
05 Nov
Politics

The Fraser manifesto: A former prime minister’s plan to replace the Liberal Party

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‘Describing these things as left wing reflects the way in which our politics is being twisted.’Former Liberal prime minister Malcolm Fraser (Image: Private Media) We are currently witnessing the death throes of the Liberal Party. To a good chunk of the electorate who voted for the current government, that doesn’t matter… except that it leaves Labor in full power with no meaningful opposition. A decade ago, former Liberal prime minister Malcolm Fraser predicted this moment would come, and he spent his final years working on the answer: a new political party, built on traditional liberal values but without the now-toxic name.Bernard Keane joins the podcast to revisit Fraser’s plan to replace the Liberal Party. The detailed “Renew Australia” manifesto remains remarkably relevant, and takes a surprisingly progressive stance on issues like immigration, our relationship with the...
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Cameroon’s President Paul Biya declared election winner
05 Nov
Breaking News

Cameroon’s President Paul Biya declared election winner

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Ninety-two-year-old incumbent reportedly secures 53.66 percent; opponent reports gunfire targeting supporters. Cameroon’s Constitutional Council has declared that President Paul Biya, leader of the country since 1982, has won re-election in a vote accompanied by deadly violence. The council announced on Monday that the 92-year-old incumbent had secured 53.66 percent of the vote in the October 12 election. Opposition candidate Issa Tchiroma received 35.19 percent, it added. “Hereby proclaimed president-elect: the candidate Biya Paul,” said Clement Atangana, president of the Constitutional Council. Tchiroma, a former government spokesperson and minister in his late 70s, had claimed victory days before the announcement, citing results he said were collated by his party. Biya dismissed the claim. On Sunday, at least four people were killed in Cameroon’s largest city, Douala, as security forces clashed with protesters demanding credible results.After the results were announced, Tchiroma claimed...
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