Concerns Over Misinformation and AI Content

Rep. Adelita Grijalva (D-AZ) expressed her alarm in a video shared on Saturday, stating that American social media platforms have yet to take action against “inaccurate information about voting or candidates,” calling this situation “very scary.”

In her remarks, the Arizona Democrat highlighted her personal struggle with distinguishing AI-generated videos from real ones, mentioning instances where people send her AI clips that she cannot identify. It’s a bit frustrating, to be honest.

Grijalva linked the current issues with misinformation back to the first term of former President Donald Trump. She remarked, “I think it’s the spin of misinformation that is very scary because Trump started the very first time, Trump 1.0, he started with this idea that the media was fake and has continued to build upon that.”

She recounted moments where her kids could instantly recognize AI content while she struggled to see the difference. “Like people will forward them to me and I’m like, and I’m looking at them and my kids are behind me going, ‘That’s AI.’ I’m like, ‘Oh, I didn’t know,’” she said, which I think many parents can relate to.

Shifting her focus, the congresswoman commented on the policies of social media platforms regarding political information. “None of our social media platforms have committed to taking off information that is inaccurate about voting or about candidates,” Grijalva noted. “That’s very scary.”

She also criticized the decline in outlets providing objective news, claiming that any media source with a viewpoint is quickly labeled as “the liberal media.”

Notably, Grijalva signed a letter directed to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg just twelve days before this video was published. Dated August 17, the letter criticized Meta for discontinuing its third-party fact-checking program and downsizing automated systems meant to identify and remove certain content. In it, she referenced Zuckerberg’s own acknowledgment that these changes would lead to “catch[ing] less bad stuff.”

The letter requested information on how long it takes for Meta to remove AI-generated political content across its platforms like Facebook, Instagram, Threads, and WhatsApp, as well as the volume of content removed since January 2025 compared to the previous two years. Reps. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) also supported this effort, seeking answers by September 18.

Additionally, Google informed House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) last year that high-ranking Biden administration officials, including White House representatives, had repeatedly urged the company to censor user content related to coronavirus, even when it “did not violate its policies.” In correspondence with Jordan, Google agreed to reinstate creators that had been removed under its coronavirus and election integrity guidelines.

Interestingly, the Democrat Party’s rapid-response account previously posted an AI-generated audio clip featuring “Donald Trump Jr.” making controversial claims about U.S. military support for Russia, which was later deleted without a formal retraction after accumulating 23,000 views.