2020 Voting Misinformation

Kendrick Trujillo
Nov 10, 2020 · 1 min read

If you are up to date with the latest information it is no secret that there are lots of controversies surrounding voting. Although votes can be tampered with, it is more unlikely. Voting delays can be attributed to labor. This voting season, America has reached an all time high for voters. Naturally, along with all these new voters, we need more employees to count the staggering amount of voters coming. In the long term, this fear could be a form of propaganda or at least we hope so. Lots of this kind of misinformation is being spread around like wildfire. Donald Trump even falsely claimed victory on Twitter which can create lots of confusion among the American people. I think Twitter for the most part is doing a great job of censoring tweets. It is a necessary evil that has to happen for true and relevant information to get to the citizens. For people in power, it might be harder for Twitter to silence them. It is also quite the task to monitor all of these various tweets all around the world. They are not perfect, but overall I think they are doing a good job. The grade that I give them is a solid B-

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