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The president lives in the White House and makes lots of important decisions for the country, and those decisions affect the whole world including you and me.
美国总统住在白宫，会为美国这个国家做很多重要的决定，这些决定会影响整个世界，包括你和我。
The two main candidates are called Kamala Harris and Donald Trump.
两位主要候选人分别是卡玛拉·哈里斯和唐纳德·特朗普。
They've spent the past few months going all over America to try and show everyone why they would be the best person to be president.
在过去的几个月里，他们走遍了美国，试图向所有人展示为什么他们是总统的最佳人选。
But not everything that decides who is going to win is happening in the real world. Some of it is happening on social media sites like TikTok, Instagram and X, too.
但并不是所有决定谁将获胜的事情都发生在现实世界中。其中一些也发生在TikTok、Instagram和X等社交媒体网站上。
So let's swipe through our imaginary social media feed together, and I'm going to tell you about five ways that social media could affect who gets to be the next president.
所以让我们一起浏览一下我们想象中的社交媒体动态，我会告诉你社交媒体可能影响谁会成为下一任总统的五种方式。
No.1: conspiracy theories.
第一：阴谋论。
A conspiracy theory is when some people believe something strange or evil is happening that powerful people like the president aren't telling us about, and that goes beyond actual bad stuff that happens.
阴谋论是指一些人相信一些奇怪或邪恶的事情正在发生，而像总统这样有权势的人却没有告知我们，这要远大于实际发生的坏事。
Lots of people on social media are seeing and sharing conspiracy theories that don't have any proof, and that can make some of them less likely to want to vote for one candidate or any of the candidates.
很多人会在社交媒体上看到并分享没有任何证据的阴谋论，而这可能会让他们中的一些人不太愿意投票给某个候选人或任何候选人。
No.2: trolling.
第二：恶意挑衅。
Online trolls are people who send nasty messages to other people on social media.
“网络喷子”是指在社交媒体上向其他人发送恶意信息的人。
Some of those trolls are people who believe fake conspiracy theories and are angry about them.
这些喷子中的一些人会深信虚假的阴谋论，并对此感到愤怒。
I've chatted to politicians and people who work for them, who say they're getting lots of messages from trolls and it's affecting the way they live their lives.
我和政治家以及为他们工作的人聊过，他们说自己会收到喷子发来的很多信息，并影响了他们的生活方式。
No.3: deepfakes.
第三：深度伪造。
Artificially intelligence is a way that computer systems can generate new pictures video or audio clips called deep fakes because they're not real.
人工智能是计算机系统生成新图片、视频或音频片段的一种方式，这种方式被称为深度伪造，因为它们根本就不是真的。
The worry is that deepfakes could affect how people vote in the election even when they are not real.
令人担忧的是，深度伪造可能会影响人们在选举中如何投票，即使它们不是真的。
No.4: algorithms.
第四：算法。
Algorithms are computer systems that help decide what you see when you use social media apps.
算法是计算机系统帮助决定你在使用社交媒体应用程序时所看到的内容。
They look at what you like and share then try to show you more of those kinds of things. That can sometimes make it hard to see different ideas or stories.
他们会根据你喜欢什么、分享什么，然后试着向你展示更多这类的内容。有时候，这会让你很难看到不同的观点或内容。
No.5: fandoms.
第五：粉丝群体。
Fandoms are groups of people who really love a particular pop star or TV show.
粉丝群体是指一群非常喜欢某个流行明星或电视节目的人。
For example, I've chatted to lots of Swifties who love Taylor Swift's music.
比如，我和很多喜欢泰勒·斯威夫特音乐的“霉粉”聊过。
They are supporting Kamala Harris for president and are working together online to spread the word and get people to pick her. The same thing could happen for Donald Trump.
他们支持卡玛拉·哈里斯竞选总统，并在网上共同努力，传播消息，让人们为她投票。同样的事情也可能发生在唐纳德·特朗普身上。
Posts from fandoms online could reach people who maybe weren't so sure about whether to vote in the US.
来自网上粉丝的帖子可能会影响到美国那些可能不太确定是否要投票的人。
The social media apps say they're working hard to try and stop fakes and hate from spreading.
社交媒体应用程序表示，他们正在努力阻止虚假和仇恨的传播。
On the first Tuesday in November, lots of Americans will vote, and it's only then that we'll find out who becomes president.
在11月的第一个星期二，许多美国人将投票，只有到那时我们才会知道谁会成为总统。
But one thing's for sure, the chats and arguments about it on social media will carry on.
但有一件事是肯定的，那就是社交媒体上相关的讨论和争论将一直继续下去。
