Democracy Dies in DarknessNorth Carolina state Sen. DeAndrea Salvador discovered her 2018 TED Talk had been altered by an ad agency working for Whirlpool in Brazil, leading to a lawsuit.November 30, 2025 at 6:00 a.m. ESTYesterday at 6:00 a.m. ESTDeAndrea Salvador gives a 2018 TED Talk on how to reduce energy costs. (Lawrence Sumulong/Getty Images)When DeAndrea Salvador began receiving emails in June from people in Brazil, the North Carolina state senator assumed they were part of a phishing scam...