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Affidavit printers are lined up at the Maricopa County Elections Department in Phoenix, on Sept. 8. Big tech platforms say they are working hard to address misinformation about voting and elections ahead of the November midterms, but a look at their sites shows they are still struggling to contend with false claims from 2020.
Election misinformation is thriving on Rumble, a video-sharing platform popular with some conservatives and far-right groups, according to research published today.
Nearly half of the videos suggested by the site in response to searches for common election-related terms came from untrustworthy sources, according to the analysis from NewsGuard, a firm that monitors online misinformation.
The percentage was far better at Rumble’s much larger rival YouTube, where about 1 in 5 videos came from untrustworthy sources. The search terms included the names of candidates as well as politically sensitive words and phrases such as gun rights, voter fraud and abortion.
The findings illustrate how alternative platforms like Rumble have become hot spots for election-related misinformation as they have increased in popularity. The site is popular with conservatives and some far-right groups critical of content moderation efforts by larger platforms such as YouTube.
Misleading or deceptive claims about voting and elections have proliferated heading into next week’s elections and have been blamed for increasing distrust and polarization.
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