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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Christine Fernando

Election disinformation campaigns targeted voters of color in 2020. Experts expect 2024 to be worse

ASSOCIATED PRESS

Leading up to the 2020 election, Facebook ads targeting Latino and Asian American voters described Joe Biden as a communist. A local station claimed a Black Lives Matter co-founder practiced witchcraft. Doctored images showed dogs urinating on Donald Trump campaign posters.

None of these claims was true, but they scorched through social media sites that advocates say have fueled election misinformation in communities of color.

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