Conservatives spread false claims on Twitter about electoral fraud as Iowans prepare to caucus

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

DES MOINES — The claims of electoral fraud were false, proved untrue by public data and the state’s top election official.

That didn’t stop them from going viral, as right-wing activists took to Twitter over the weekend to spread specious allegations of malfeasance on the eve of Iowa’s first-in-the-nation caucuses.

The episode showcased the perils of conducting elections in the age of social media, where volume is more important than veracity.

The Iowa Democratic Party, in partnership with national Democratic officials, has labored to make the caucuses more transparent and to fend off the sort of confusion and conspiracy theories that marred the process in 2016. The Democratic National Committee has its own unit tracking viral disinformation and flagging falsehoods to campaigns, as well as to technology companies that have pledged to clean up their platforms after they were enlisted by Russian actors to boost Donald Trump in his campaign against Hillary Clinton.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/elections-2020/conservatives-spread-false-claims-on-twitter-about-electoral-fraud-as-iowans-prepare-to-caucus/ar-BBZBUYQ?li=BBnb7Kz

[Kurt V.]

1. this says a lot in who we are dealing with. Candidates take note please.

[riversedge]

2. It is going to be LONNNNNNNNNG 9 months of this crap!

[TomCADem]

3. Just Conservatives? I Thought Bernie's Campaign Has Been Attacking Integrity of Elections...

...with his arguments that the primaries are rigged and that the media is biased, etc.