In a Friday News Dump, YouTube Announces Election Disinformation Policy Changes In June 2023, YouTube issued a policy statement on 2020 election "misinformation," what it calls disinformation.
Charlie Kirk Reads Messages From Georgians Bragging About Not Voting? A viral tweet claimed that pundit Charlie Kirk read out emails from Georgia voters who didn't vote because they believed narratives about corrupt elections.
An Arizona County Won’t Certify Election Results After 2022 Midterms In November 2022, a county in Arizona delayed certifying the results of the 2022 midterm election.
More Fake Newspapers Distributed Ahead of 2022 Midterms A November 2022 Imgur post depicted political advertising disguised as a regional fake newspaper.
Hammer-Wielding Home Invader Attacks Paul Pelosi, Spouse of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi Speaker Pelosi, often the focus of progressively violent partisan rhetoric, appeared to have been the intended target.
Jan. 6 Hearings: Disinformation Powered Trump’s Push to Overturn Election The June 21 2022 hearings focused on a pressure and disinformation campaign that was used to attack state officials and election workers.
CNN Missing 351K (or 400K) Votes in CA Recall Segment, Explained On September 15 2021, rumors that “351K” or “400K” votes had “disappeared” from California gubernatorial recall totals during a CNN segment were popular on social media: Someone explain to me why the Gavin Newsom recall effort had 351K votes DELETED from the YES total LIVE on CNN. What explanation is there for this?We need to […]
CA Recall Election Disinformation Roundup In the lead up to the California gubernatorial recall election of September 14 2021, the usual disinformation purveyors went into high gear, poisoning the well with wall-to-wall claims of perfidy and election theft. Overall, the California recall and its elements were far-reaching, so we have broken this page up into parts. What’s the Deal with […]
2020 Arizona Ballots Sent to a Lab in Montana Partisan, disinformation-driven efforts to "audit" Arizona's ballots have now shifted to a cabin in Montana.
Are Georgia Runoff Voters Being Told Voting Machines Are ‘Malfunctioning’? Georgia's January 5 2021 runoff elections were greeted with rampant rumors that voting machines were "malfunctioning," a claim predictably picked up by Donald Trump.
