Mayoral hopeful Brad Bradford is using an app to boost his popularity. What are the implications? | NOW Toronto
Mayoral hopeful Brad Bradford is using an app to boost his popularity. What are the implications? | NOW Toronto
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‘That erodes trust in the whole conversation’: Brad Bradford is using an app to bolster support leading up to the municipal election
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‘That erodes trust in the whole conversation’: Brad Bradford is using an app to bolster support leading up to the municipal election
Mayoral candidate Brad Bradford is using a social media networking app to increase his popularity ahead of the upcoming municipal election. The problem? Comments in the app seem to be AI generated.
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Screenshots of missions under the Digital Fighters taskbar in the Victory LogiVote app. (Courtesy: Canada's National Observer)
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Mayoral candidate Brad Bradford is seemingly using a social media networking app called Victory LogiVote to bolster his popularity in the lead-up to the Toronto municipal election on Oct. 26.
According to screenshots provided by Rory White at Canada’s National Observer, voters who sign up to help Bradford in the Victory app are given tasks for rewards.
Some of the tasks involve posting pro-Bradford comments generated by the app, possibly using AI, under social media posts regarding the election.
If the comments are generated using AI, tech experts warn that it would erode trust in the whole conversation, not just one campaign by one politician.
Is Brad Bradford using a social networking app to bolster his popularity in the lead-up to the mayoral election?
The mayoral hopeful, who currently represents Ward 19, Beaches–East York as city councillor, is running against incumbent mayor Olivia Chow in the 2026 Toronto Municipal Election.
With only weeks remaining until Toronto residents head to the polls, it appears Bradford is using a social media networking application called Victory LogiVote, which is founded by Israeli-based Yayasoft group, a company that creates digital and online voting systems.
Now Toronto attempted to access Bradford’s campaign through the Victory app but was roadblocked by a prompt that says, “New Here? Please enter your party’s token to continue.”
But according to screenshots