Misinformation campaigns targeting immigrant communities and minority voters ahead of US midterm elections
Misinformation campaigns are targeting immigrant communities and minority voters ahead of the US midterm elections, with social media accounts pushing misinformation in multiple languages on multiple topics and platforms, according to researchers. The campaigns include conspiracy theories about the Internal Revenue Service and the use of mail-in ballots, as well as exaggerating the fallout from inflation. Advocacy groups have accused social media companies of failing to eradicate misinformation in non-English languages, which they say amounts to disenfranchisement.