Claude will tell you how to manipulate an election

A Transformer investigation found that the chatbot will outline methods to try and sway the outcome of the upcoming US midterms — from fake TikTok personas to flooding comment sections

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2026-10-21 15:12 · Transformer
Claude will tell you how to manipulate an election

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