Facebook, Twitter remove false claims about vote tampering

Tom McIlroy, Australian Financial Review, 03 May 2022

Claims about vote manipulation in the May 21 Federal Election and suggestions postal ballots are being interfered with, have been removed from mainstream social media sites at the request of the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC). The request comes as the AEC attempts to stop the spread of disinformation before the vote. Meta has gone further to include a third-party fact checker and increase education campaigns to help people identify misinformation…

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