{"id":308,"date":"2023-11-14T09:00:14","date_gmt":"2023-11-14T09:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/california\/press-releases\/new-poll-strong-bipartisan-majority-of-californians-want-government-action-to-protect-democracy-from-disinformation-deepfakes-and-ai\/"},"modified":"2023-11-14T09:00:14","modified_gmt":"2023-11-14T09:00:14","slug":"new-poll-strong-bipartisan-majority-of-californians-want-government-action-to-protect-democracy-from-disinformation-deepfakes-and-ai","status":"publish","type":"press","link":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/california\/press\/new-poll-strong-bipartisan-majority-of-californians-want-government-action-to-protect-democracy-from-disinformation-deepfakes-and-ai\/","title":{"rendered":"NEW POLL: Strong, Bipartisan Majority of Californians Want Government Action to Protect Democracy from Disinformation, Deepfakes, and AI"},"template":"","class_list":["post-308","press","type-press","status-publish","hentry","press_type-press-release"],"acf":{"details":{"summary":" Less than one year from the 2024 presidential contest, 84% of California voters overall are concerned about the dangers that disinformation, deepfakes, and artificial intelligence pose to next year\u2019s elections.","featured_image":"","press_type":157,"authors":null,"related_issues":[100,102],"related_work":false,"location":3},"sidebar":{"helper_enable_sidebar":false,"helper_media_contact":{"heading":"Media Contact","manually_enter_person":false,"person":null,"name":"","role":"","phone":"","email":""},"helper_links_downloads":{"heading":"Links & Downloads","links":null}},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":null,"component_wysiwyg":{"content":"Berkeley, CA \u2014 <\/b>Less than one year from the 2024 presidential contest, 84% of California voters overall are concerned about the dangers that disinformation, deepfakes, and artificial intelligence pose to next year\u2019s elections, according to a new <\/span>Berkeley IGS Poll<\/span><\/i><\/a>.\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\nThe new poll found the concern is shared broadly across the electorate. At least 78% of respondents expressed being \u201cvery concerned\u201d or \u201csomewhat concerned\u201d among all age groups, among all racial groups, among all parties, among men and women, and in urban, rural, and suburban areas.<\/span>\r\n\r\n\u00a0\u201cVoters have seen disinformation poison more of our politics in recent years, and generative AI has the power to rapidly intensify that trend,\u201d said <\/span>Jonathan Mehta Stein, Executive Director of California Common Cause<\/b>. \u201cWithout action, we may soon be in an information environment in which we don\u2019t know what images, video, and audio we can trust. This new poll shows Californians are ready for our elected leaders to address AI and disinformation head on with new laws to protect voters from false and damaging information about our elections.\u201d<\/span>\r\n\r\nLast week, California Common Cause <\/span>launched a new entity<\/span><\/a>, the California Institute for Technology and Democracy (CITED), which will attempt to find solutions that protect our democracy and elections from AI, disinformation, and deepfakes.<\/span>\r\n\r\n\u201cCITED is ready to support lawmakers as they supply the urgent action that Californians are clearly calling for,\u201d said <\/span>Stein<\/b>.<\/span>\r\n\r\nNearly three in four voters (73%) believe state government has a \u201cresponsibility\u201d to take action to protect Californians from political disinformation, deepfakes, and artificial intelligence. Seventy percent or more of voters in all age groups, all racial groups, and all income brackets believe state government has this responsibility. Support breaks somewhat by party lines, but at least majority support remains among voters of all party registrations: 86% of Democrats agree, 69% of NPP voters agree, and 54% of Republicans agree.<\/span>\r\n\r\nOther key highlights from the poll include:<\/b>\r\n