How do malicious AI swarms threaten democratic elections?
Date:
Panel session at DW Global Media Forum 2026 on malicious AI swarms and democratic elections.
Topic
The session examined concrete AI-driven threats to electoral integrity and the need for coordinated responses across media, development cooperation, civil society, research, and governance. It focused on malicious AI swarms that can generate persuasive content at scale, coordinate autonomously across online communities, mimic social dynamics, and target civil society through large-scale harassment.
Event
- Date: June 23, 2026
- Time: 14:00-15:00 CEST
- Room: Room Bonn II
- Venue: DW Global Media Forum 2026
- Host: German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS)
- Subtitle: A multistakeholder response
Participants
- Moderator: Shristi Mangal Pal, Multimedia Journalist at DW
- Wafa Ben-Hassine, Chief, Digital Technologies and Human Rights Section at OHCHR
- Julia Brothers, Deputy Director of Elections at National Democratic Institute (NDI)
- Ika Idris, Co-Director at Monash Data & Democracy Research Hub
- Daniel Thilo Schroeder, Researcher at SINTEF Digital
- Semuhi Sinanoglu, Researcher at German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS)