New York AG demands Big Tech step in to ‘protect’ voters from ‘misinformation’ [Video]

New York’s Democratic Attorney General sent a letter to Big Tech companies demanding they step in and “protect” users of their respective websites from election “misinformation.”

“While misinformation has been a concern in past elections, with the rise of gen[erative] AI, barriers that prevent bad actors from creating deceptive or misleading content have weakened dramatically,” James wrote in a letter sent to 10 social media and AI companies, including Meta, Google and OpenAI.

The letter, sent this week and first obtained by ABC News, requested in-person meetings with the tech companies to walk James through the companies’ “meaningful steps to protect voters” to prevent election misinformation, the outlet reported. The letter did not address any penalties for not complying with James’ requests, but ABC noted, that “implicit in any request from the state attorney general is the possibility of an enforcement action.” 

Fox Digital reached out to James’ office regarding the letter, including what penalties the companies could face for not complying, but …