“Their policies cover big national issues, but false posts about a county clerk or a state law aren’t removed. “Meta’s policies are too limited to address the misinformation we see at a state and local level,” Morris said. Yet another claimed inaccurately that election workers in Multnomah County were being required to show proof of COVID-19 vaccination. Another falsely asserted that one party was purposefully denied access to a local elections office. One alleged a candidate’s name had been improperly censored from election fliers. Despite Oregon putting additional money into joining a national #TrustedInfo2022 campaign, misinformation continues to reach social media and force local election officials to respond, taking time from other duties.īen Morris, spokesperson for the Oregon secretary of state’s office, cited three recent Facebook posts that Meta allowed to remain on Facebook despite his office providing evidence to them that they were false. Connecticut is hiring a dedicated election misinformation analyst. That means traveling town halls in Arizona, “Mythbuster Mondays” in North Carolina and animated videos in Ohio emphasizing the accuracy of election results. Many election offices are taking matters into their own hands, starting public outreach campaigns to provide accurate information about how elections are run and how ballots are cast and counted. They simply don’t know what to believe,” Lisa Marra, elections director in Cochise County, Arizona, told a U.S. A barrage of misinformation in some places has led election officials to complain that Facebook parent Meta, Twitter and other social media platforms aren’t doing enough to help them tackle the problem.
Some states and counties are devoting more money or staff to a problem that has only grown more concerning since the 2020 presidential election and the false claims that it was marred by widespread fraud. Election officials preparing for the rapidly approaching midterm elections have one more headache: trying to combat misinformation that sows distrust about voting and results while fueling vitriol aimed at rank-and-file election workers.
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