Voters leave after casting their ballot at a polling station in the final phase of voting in India's general election, in Kolkata on June 1, 2024. Artificial intelligence tools were used to create memes and images about political rivals in India and elsewhere around the world. Dibyangshu Sarkar/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Kash Patel during the 2024 Conservative Political Action Conference in Fort Washington, Md. on Feb. 23, 2024. President-elect Trump has nominated Patel to lead the FBI even though the agency's current director, Christopher Wray, has more than two years left on his term. Dominic Gwinn/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. at a campaign rally for former President Donald Trump on Nov. 1 in Warren, Mich. Kennedy has been named to lead the Department of Health and Human Services in the incoming Trump administration. Kennedy is on leave from leading Children's Health Defense, a nonprofit that has filed more than 30 lawsuits challenging vaccines and public health mandates. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption
Voters line up to cast their ballots on Nov. 5, 2024 in Austell, Georgia. Intelligence officials and researchers say Russia, Iran, and China tried to influence Americans in this year's election. But there's no indication so far their efforts swayed results. Megan Varner/Getty Images hide caption
Philadelphia County board of elections staff processes ballots on Election Day at the ballot counting elections warehouse on the outskirts of Philadelphia, Pa. Ed Jones/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
People wait in line to vote outside a polling station on Election Day in Nazareth, Pa., on Nov. 5. Samuel Corum/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
A voter enters the Bucks County Administration building in Doylestown, Pa. on Oct. 31, 2024. Ed Jones/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Voters cast their ballots on the last day of early voting for the 2024 election on Friday in Atlanta. Megan Varner/Getty Images hide caption
People wait in line to cast their votes during in New York on October 26, 2024. Online, social media users are floating unverified and false claims about voting that can quickly go viral. Kena Betancur/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Trays of mail in ballots are stacked at the Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters office on Oct. 21, 2024 in San Jose, Calif. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images hide caption
A man votes at a public library turned into an early voting polling station in Black Mountain, N.C., on Oct. 29. Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Voters work on their ballots at a polling station in Arlington, Va., on Sept. 20. AFP via Getty Images/AFP hide caption
A ballot drop box in in Vancouver, Wash., was set ablaze early Monday morning, destroying hundreds of ballots. Erik Neumann/OPB hide caption
A person leaves an early voting site after casting a ballot on Oct. 21 in Deland, Fla. Florida is one of three states that recently sued the Biden administration over citizenship checks of voters. Miguel J. Rodriguez Carrillo/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Director of the Board of Elections Tyler Burns holds a test ballot during a mail-in ballot processing demonstration on Sept. 30 in Doylestown, Pa. A fake video purporting to show ballots being destroyed in Bucks County, Pa., showed different envelopes and ballots than the county actually uses. Hannah Beier/Getty Images hide caption
Elon Musk jumps onstage at a town hall event hosted by America PAC in support of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump in Oaks, Pa., on Oct. 18. Ryan Collerd/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Turning Point's Charlie Kirk speaks at a rally for former President Donald Trump at Dream City Church in Phoenix on June 6. Caitlin O'Hara for NPR hide caption
A general view to the Kremlin towers and Ivan the Great cathedral in May 2024. U.S. intelligence officials say Russia was behind an attempt to spread baseless claims about Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Walz. Natalia Kolesnikova/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
An image that was likely created with artificial intelligence tools that purported to show a young survivor of Hurricane Helene. The image got millions of views online, even after its provenance was questioned. hide caption
An early voting site is seen in Tucson, Arizona, on Wednesday. Ahead of this year's general election, Donald Trump and Republican allies have zeroed in on the baseless claim that Democrats are encouraging newly arrived migrants to vote for them. Olivier Touron/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Voters fill out their ballots on the second day of early voting in the 2024 presidential election at the Board of Elections Loop Super Site in Chicago on Oct. 4. Kamil Krzaczynski/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
A palm tree next to the beach before Hurricane Milton's arrival on Wednesday, in Fort Myers Beach, Fla. Viral rumors and conspiracy theories have made it more challenging for federal and state officials to share information about the storm and evacuation plans. Joe Raedle/Getty Images hide caption
Lance Wallnau preaches to attendees at the Courage Tour inside the Monroeville Convention Center on September 28, 2024 in Monroeville, Pennsylvania. Jeff Swensen/for NPR hide caption