drmonalidesai on Nostr: Elon Musk’s voting misinformation megaphone has created a “huge problem” for ...
Elon Musk’s voting misinformation megaphone has created a “huge problem” for election officials in key battleground states who say they’re struggling to combat the wave of falsehoods about voting coming from the tech billionaire. Election officials in pivotal battleground states including Pennsylvania, Michigan and Arizona have all tried – and largely failed – to fact-check Musk in real time. 🇺🇸 The big question is will Trump and Musk use their platforms to instigate a January 6th type MAGA violence event?
Ever since former Trump and his allies made bogus claims of election fraud to try to overturn his loss to Biden in 2020 debunking election misinformation has become akin to a second full-time job for election officials, alongside administering actual elections.
In Georgia, election officials see little point in trying to engage with Musk directly, instead turning to the method they relied on in 2020 to beat back misinformation about voting: Regular press conferences with election officials rebutting the latest election falsehoods.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/31/politics/election-officials-outmatched-elon-musk-misinformation/index.html
Ever since former Trump and his allies made bogus claims of election fraud to try to overturn his loss to Biden in 2020 debunking election misinformation has become akin to a second full-time job for election officials, alongside administering actual elections.
In Georgia, election officials see little point in trying to engage with Musk directly, instead turning to the method they relied on in 2020 to beat back misinformation about voting: Regular press conferences with election officials rebutting the latest election falsehoods.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/31/politics/election-officials-outmatched-elon-musk-misinformation/index.html