How LA County countered recall-election disinformation in real time on social media

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Efforts to combat misinformation intensified on Twitter during the days leading up to Tuesday’s recall election to replace California Gov. Gavin Newsom.

After a Republican-led drive to remove him from office, ABC News projects Gavin Newsom will keep his job as governor in a landslide victory.Efforts to combat misinformation intensified on Twitter during the days leading up to Tuesday’s recall election to replace California Gov.

Mike Sanchez, spokesperson for the LA County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk, said the worker broke the department’s internal policy requiring nonpartisan clothing for employees, adding that the worker was released after he refused to change.director Claire Wardle said the department’s Twitter activity was “a very good sign” that organizations are making an effort to combat misinformation, even before it goes viral.

“All of that is helping people get a much better sense about what to trust and what not to trust,” Wardle said. Throughout the weekend, the department posted on Twitter that voters who encountered the issue were given provisional ballots and that the equipment was replaced. The department’s repeated reinforcement of accurate information may have helped resolve confusion on the issue, it says, preventing it from spiraling into full-fledged falsehoods.

Sanchez, in addition to being a spokesperson, led the team that monitored social media platforms during the recall election. He said while the majority of posts were general voting inquiries, the team took action when it identified misleading and inaccurate information.

 

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Combat any news that is for the recall

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