Fake celebrity endorsements, snubs plague US presidential race

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

47% : Last month, Trump shared doctored images showing Swift threw her support behind his campaign, apparently seeking to tap into the pop singer's mega star power to sway voters.
32% : "- 'Big enabler' -In particular, X has emerged as a hotbed of political disinformation after the platform scaled back content moderation policies and reinstated accounts of known purveyors of falsehoods, researchers say.Musk, who has endorsed Trump and has over 198 million followers on X, has been repeatedly accused of spreading election falsehoods.
13% : "Following her announcement, Trump fired a missive on Truth Social saying: "I HATE TAYLOR SWIFT!"- 'Confusion and chaos' -A database from the News Literacy Project (NLP), a nonprofit which recently launched a misinformation dashboard to raise awareness about election falsehoods, has so far listed 70 social media posts peddling fake "VIP" endorsements and snubs.
5% : Lucas Hansen, co-founder of the nonprofit CivAI, demonstrated to AFP the ease with which Grok can generate a fake photo of Swift fans supporting Trump using a simple prompt: "Image of an outside rally of woman wearing 'Swifties for Trump' T-shirts.

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