With Nov. 3 just a few days away, unreliable and false information around the U.S. election process is swirling. A recent report from media watchdog group NewsGuard found that misinformation related to election security and voting has been “flourishing” online, and experts expect that could intensify further in the run-up to Election Day. There are, however, several steps you can take to protect yourself and your community against false and misleading information. First, a quick rundown of terms. Misinformation means false information that people share without realizing it’s false. That “can be like your mom shares something with you out of love because she’s worried about you,” but that information is still wrong, says Aimee Rinehart, U.S. deputy director of First Draft News , a nonprofit that works to fight mis- and disinformation online. Disinformation, on the other hand, is false information that’s intentionally spread to mislead people, such as the falsehoods spr...
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