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Crisis·Intermediate·Executive audience
A deepfake of your election official circulates two days before polling
The prompt — read this to the room
Two days before a municipal election, a 40-second audio clip spreads on social media. It sounds like your county's chief election official telling a colleague that ballots from two precincts 'will be handled differently this year'. A second post, styled like your website, says three polling places have moved. Your official never said this, and nothing has moved. By noon the clip has 300,000 plays, your phone lines are jammed, and a candidate is demanding an explanation. Your public results website is also seeing unusual traffic. How do you respond without amplifying the fake?
Total duration
1 h 30 min
People to involve
6
Best fit
Public
Who to involve
Most important first.
- CEO / Managing director
- Communications / PR
- Legal counsel
- CISO / Head of security
- CIO / CTO
- IT operations
What it tests
- Verify a synthetic-media claim fast enough to respond publicly with confidence
- Publish authoritative voter information without amplifying the false content
- Use platform, law-enforcement and state election partner channels correctly
- Keep the results website available under suspicious load
Outline of activities
- 1The clip and the fake polling-place post
- 2Verification and the decision to respond
- 3Authoritative messaging and partner channels
- 4Results website under load
- 5Election-day readiness
Run sheet (Pro)
The facilitator's timeline of execution, the detailed steps for running the session and the questions to ask each person.
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