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Stop. Don’t Share That Election Rumor.

The New York Times – How to handle online voting misinformation or isolated cases of election problems. “Election Day is filled with unknowns. One thing we can count on like clockwork is seeing some of the familiar flavors of false or misleading information circulating online. My colleague Sheera Frenkel wrote that Americans on Tuesday may see misleading reports about trashed ballots, lies that people can vote by text message and other greatest hits of voting misinformation. She spoke with me about why election misinformation matters, and what we can do to stamp it out…”

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