False election messages on social media during the US election have accelerated. Experts in advocacy campaigns have seen a spread of messages with, among other things, accusations of electoral fraud and much is focused on the key states.
Broken voting machines, election observers who have not been admitted to polling stations, ballot papers that have not been counted and strange behavior in polling stations. These are messages and fake movie clips that are similar to those we have seen in many elections and that reach voters via social media, text messages, e-mails and websites, among other things.
It has been Many false accusations of election fraud in Pennsylvania, Kansas, Texas, Michigan and Florida, according to analysts in the United States.
It was low-intensity during election day and American media reported on it, emphasizes Sebastian Bay, an expert on misinformation at the Swedish Defense Research Agency, FOI. But it is accelerating now, he says.
– We have seen an explosive increase today in connection with continuing to count the votes. And then there has been a significant increase in misinformation, primarily focused on the election results in the US, says Sebastian Bay at FOI.
It is a message about a conspiracy that tries to change and manipulate the election result.
– We have seen this as a significant trend during several elections. Even in Sweden during the 2018 election, there were deliberate attempts to spread misinformation about the election result, emphasizes Sebastian Bay expert on misinformation.
Currently looking The disinformation appears to be produced in the United States but it takes a long time to analyze, according to Sebastian Bay at FOI. Some hashtags about a stolen election got a spread from tens to thousands in a few hours during election day.
Voters also received automatic phone calls with messages about staying at home or that the election was postponed for a day. The FBI is now investigating the mysterious conversations.
Source: ICELAND NEWS