We’re increasingly aware of how misinformation can influence elections. About 73% of Americans report seeing misleading election news, and about half struggle to discern what is true or false.
The Conversation
This presidential election, young Americans are navigating a chaotic world of information, often with limited tools to distinguish what’s credible, what’s questionable and what’s downright false.
The New York Times
With the 2024 election upon us, Americans express growing concern about election-related misinformation on social media, with 65% believing the problem has worsened since 2020, according to a Tech Policy Press/YouGov survey of 1,089 voters fielded from October 24-25, 2024.
TechPolicy.press
When Clara Andriola took her seat at the Washoe County, Nev., commission meeting room on July 9, she looked out at a sea of angry faces. The commission is Washoe’s main legislative body, and Andriola, a longtime local business executive, was appointed to fill a vacancy on the five-person board last year.
The New York Times
U.S. intelligence agencies confirmed Friday they believe Russia is behind a fake but viral video of a man claiming to be a recent Haitian immigrant saying he and a friend were voting – twice – in Georgia for Kamala Harris.
USA Today
X’s crowd-sourced fact-checking program, called Community Notes, isn’t addressing the flood of U.S. election misinformation on Elon Musk’s social media platform, according to a report published Wednesday by a group that tracks online speech.
The Associated Press
Across Pennsylvania, local and state officials are warning that efforts by Donald Trump and his supporters to call into question the integrity of the presidential election in the crucial swing state are ramping up—before a single ballot has been counted—even though previous claims have been proven false.
The Wall Street Journal
University of Georgia students interacted with expanded and new Google tools for finding disinformation and won prizes, including Cox Institute medals, at the fall 2024 What the Hackathon. The event was sponsored by the What the Hack podcast, hosted by Adam Levin.
University of Georgia, Grady College of Journalism
In this week’s episode of 'The Assignment,' host Audie Cornish takes the conversation to Arizona’s Maricopa County Tabulation Center. She speaks with Maricopa County Supervisor Bill Gates on misinformation, how long the vote count might take, and what keeps him up at night.
CNN
The business networking platform LinkedIn has verified more than 55 million of its users, for free, in order to combat the spread of misinformation fueled by the rise of artificial intelligence, the company told CNBC.
CNBC
As Election Day approaches, the best way for you to stop the spread of misinformation is to build the skills to spot it. Do you think you can spot fake news? Take the following quiz.
The Washington Post
When it comes to combating disinformation ahead of the U.S. presidential elections, artificial intelligence and chatbots are failing, a media research group has found. The latest audit by the research group NewsGuard found that generative AI tools struggle to effectively respond to false narratives.
Voice of America
At a time when political polarization is becoming an increasing problem on social media, WashU data scientist Jean Springsteen is working on a way to bring down the temperature and still get buy-in from social media companies.
Washington University in St. Louis
For a retired federal employee, Tom Homan, an acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement under the Trump administration, is a very busy man. For the last year, he’s crisscrossed the country with a team of former state and federal law enforcement officers, who call themselves Border911.
The Times of San Diego
Need help teaching your kids the fundamentals of #medialiteracy amid the often confusing and cluttered digital media landscape? The National Association for Media Literacy Education this week hosts its annual series of workshops and online tutorials to lend a hand.
The Integrity Project
Arizona was the epicenter for bogus claims about voter fraud and stolen elections four years ago. And with the 2024 election nearly two weeks away, the state’s top election administrator is bracing for another disinformation battle.
POLITICO
Brazil's Supreme Court announced Tuesday that it was lifting a ban on X, after the social media site owned by billionaire Elon Musk had been blocked in its biggest Latin American market for over a month amid a row over disinformation.
CBS News
KPNX-TV 12News reporter Joe Dana (at right) talks with three candidates for Mesa’s School Board, who cooperatively represent differing ideological points of view: Independent candidate Lacy Chaffee (far left), Democrat Josh Chilton and Republican Courtney Davis.
KPNX-TV 12News
A meteorologist based in Washington, D.C., was accused of helping the government cover up manipulating a hurricane. In Houston, a forecaster was repeatedly told to “do research” into the weather’s supposed nefarious origins. And a meteorologist for a television station in Lansing, Mich., said she had received death threats.
The New York Times
It’s not just the presidential election: Foreign governments are targeting House and Senate races around the country in their effort to meddle with American democracy this election year, intelligence officials warned last week.
The Associated Press