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Facebook owner Meta is quietly curtailing some of the safeguards designed to thwart voting misinformation or foreign interference in U.S. elections as the November midterm vote approaches. It’s a sharp departure from the social media giant’s multibillion-dollar efforts to enhance the accuracy of posts about U.S. elections and regain trust from lawmakers and the public after their outrage over learning the company had exploited people’s data and allowed falsehoods to overrun its site during the 2016 campaign. Amanda Seitz, The Associated Press.
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Information Gaps and Misinformation in the 2022 Elections
A new report from Brennan Center for Justice
By Mekela Panditharatne, counsel
Brennan Center for Justice
Plunging trust in elections. Rising threats. A flood of exits. For the workers charged with administering our elections, the cascading dangers driven by misinformation about a rigged 2020 election are only intensifying ahead of November’s midterm elections.
Misinformation can result when the demand for information outpaces its supply. A new report released this week by the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU Law and First Draft identifies major gaps in the public’s knowledge of elections that could lead to misinformation in the 2022 elections and explains how to mitigate the risk.
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