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Ready To Handle Midterm Election Misinformation – Experts Grade Facebook, TikTok, Twitter, YouTube
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Ready To Handle Midterm Election Misinformation – Experts Grade Facebook, TikTok, Twitter, YouTube

The 2016 U.S. election was a wake-up call about the dangers of political misinformation on social media. With two more election cycles rife with misinformation under their belts, social media companies have experience identifying and countering misinformation. However, the nature of the threat misinformation poses to society continues to shift in form and targets. The big lie about the 2020 presidential election has become a major theme, and immigrant communities are increasingly in the crosshairs of disinformation campaigns – deliberate efforts to spread misinformation. Social media companies have announced plans to deal with misinformation in the 2022 midterm elections, but the companies vary in their approaches and effectiveness. We asked experts on social media to grade how ready Face...
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US midterm polls: Minorities in Georgia face ‘voter suppression’

Civil rights groups say 340,000 voters in Georgia are 'wrongfully purged' - most of them minorities. Civil rights groups fear millions of Americans are being denied their right to vote in the midterm elections. They say the states under the Republican control are unfairly purging voter rolls, affecting minorities. The trend is apparent in Georgia, where the white Republican candidate faces strong competition from a black Democrat. by John Hendren Al Jazeera's John Hendren reports from Atlanta.