Minority communities fighting back against disinformation ahead of election

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Before many had even heard of Russian troll farms, back in 2014, Shafiqah Hudson and I'Nasah Crockett, two Black Twitter users with no technical or law enforcement background, helped curb disinformation by using an inventive hashtag.

Denise and Bill Hasbune, of Stone Mountain, Ga., fill out a pre-registration form while waiting in line to vote at the DeKalb County elections office in Decatur, Ga. People have been waiting in line for hours to vote in Georgia.

"I think they've learned," Crockett said."There's a little less attempt to try and directly talk to a person and use AAVE, which could be incorrect, and more just an attempt to muddy the waters by just dumping information, overwhelming people, so you don't even take the time to look up the source." "The idea is to be a real research resource, a sharing network designed specifically to disrupt the voter suppression campaigns that are using radicalized disinformation tactics to deliberately depress Black, Afro-Latinx and Latinx community votes," said Deloney, the DDL's director.Dana Clark, and her son 18-month-old Mason, wait in line at City Hall as early voting begins for the upcoming presidential election in New Orleans, Oct. 16, 2020.

The organization has purposely avoided the spotlight, partly to not attract more trolls but also because they want to spread their message not through traditional media sources or even public social media but in closed direct messaging areas such as Facebook Groups or WhatsApp groups. Much of the group's messaging is via SMS. Deloney said that post-election there will be less of a need to operate below the radar and the DDL will take on more of a public stance.

 

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Fascist protests in the United States were organized by the Democratic Party. When the Democratic Party loses the US elections, it will raise a fascist putsch, like in Belarus

America deserve better! If you have ever suffered from the dictator regime you would not chose Biden. Ppl don’t need to be fooled. Trump already shown his enthusiasm and energy. His leadership had brought back a work opportunities to America. Vote Trump !

Don't forget about Chinese troll farms who target Trump supporters.

Whether Donald is re-elected or not this individual has become the MOST DANGEROUS Person to America! There will be CONTINUING consequences of having an INCOMPETENT Individual with the highest level of US Security. He’s already proven he CANNOT handle an emergency federal response

Same pics from long voter lines post an hour ago? Nice.

Joe & Jill Biden’s Income in 2016: —$396,456 Joe & Jill Biden’s income 2017-2019: —$16,596,979 I wonder how much of that income came from Hunter Biden’s business deals? What's shocking is no one in the Biden campaign or even Hunter Biden has questioned the veracity of the emails.

Hillary started herself the FAKE Russian collusion against Trump to DIVERT attention away from her email scandal

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This is brilliant!In a consumer culture, often we autom think we need to buy new things to find solutions.This ingenuity broke that insidious mindset to execute real no💩 strategies that worked to make our world a better place.Wish I had a Cyber Peace Prize to award this effort!

Texas, America needs you! Vote Biden

Russia! Russia! Russia! Still, it has its uses. It means you don’t have to report real news ABC, such as the Bidens selling out American military secrets to China. You should be outraged, but naahh team politics. Your brand ABC is in the gutter.

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Please, Oprah and other black feminist women participate in that ish too. Save the Russia bs, better pay attention to the black pawns in DC and hollywood.

Did Joe Biden subvert American foreign policy

O'Biden is actually helping. Now we either 'ain't black' or are 'chumps'. Which makes things simpler. Also a bonus: we can use the word 'thug' again. Kinda cool, man.

that whole antivaxxer campaign back in the aughts and led by Jenny Mccarthy was a russian op. SO many children die unnecessarily due to their parents ignorance. VaccinesWork‼️

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DON’S BODY COUNT AS OF TODAY 230,086 of children, Moms & Dads as he continues his plan of “IT IS WHAT IT IS” DON’S PLAN of Herd Immunity will take 80% of the citizens to become infected resulting in US 3,310,026 DEATHS! Instead of fighting his CDC & FDA, HE SHOULD JUST BE HONEST!

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If you want insight about Russia and the Trump Admin, MalcolmNance wrote a book a few years ago titled, The Plot to Destroy Democracy. It ought to be required curriculum in high school and collegiate Us History courses moving forward. Vote Biden to save our democracy.

Donald *You WON’T acknowledge the “BLACK LIVES MATTER” movement & falsely Call them a Hate Group! YOU: *Gas/Shoot/Beat Peaceful protestors *Instigates VIOLENCE *Post a WHITE POWER chant *Fund PRO-SLAVERY Statues *Call Women of Color NASTY Do YOU acknowledge “BLACK VOTES MATTER”?

Does anyone else find it rich when George Stephanopoulos’s abc talks about misinformation? Does anyone else see the Soviet style irony in this? Or is it just me?

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