Politico: ‘The center of the storm’: Arizona’s election chief prepares for a disinformation battle

“There’s no way to avoid the repeat,” Arizona’s Democratic Secretary of State Adrian Fontes told the POLITICO Tech podcast. “We are the center of the storm when it comes to election denialism.”

Fontes’ office has been preparing for over a year to confront election threats this cycle by fortifying systems against cyber attacks, monitoring social media disinformation and training to spot AI-generated deepfakes, he said.