A new investigation has found 172 instances of political misinformation and disinformation published on X, TikTok, Facebook and YouTube in the six weeks leading up to the Presidential Election on 24 October.
The report was complied by the Institute for Strategic Dialogue (ISD) and the Hope and Courage Collective (H&CC).
Threats to electoral integrity during the campaign accounted for 93 out of the 172 instances.
These included false claims about the constitution, the role of the president and the political process.
Researchers analysed posts containing false claims that the nominations process, or the entire election, had been "rigged", and that candidates had been "blocked" from entering the race.
Threats to electoral integrity targeting candidates accounted for 62 posts, across multiple platforms.
These included unsubstantiated claims about candidates' past statements or positions, targeted personal attacks, and the use of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) to disseminate false statements or fictional news reports about candidates.
Threats to electoral integrity during polling day accounted for 19 posts.
These included false claims of fraud, interference in polling stations and efforts to encourage people to commit potentially prosecutable offences while voting.
Threats to electoral integrity were most commonly found on X, followed by Facebook, TikTok and YouTube, according to the investigation.
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