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Free Press’ Nora Benavidez talks to Tech Tank about how to mitigate disinformation efforts targeting Latino voters.

“This senseless delay is harming millions of people, especially working families trying to pay their rising monthly bills,” said Free Press’ Heather Franklin.

Systemic failures at all of the major social-media companies show how little the platforms care about safeguarding elections, said Free Press.

Facebook and other top social-media networks claim they’ve stepped up moderation and fact-checking in preparation for the midterms. But these efforts are disastrously insufficient.

The platforms’ failure to combat election disinformation is just as dire in advance of the 2022 U.S. midterms as it was during the nation’s 2020 election.

A scathing report from Free Press offers a dim assessment of tech companies’ plans to protect the 2022 midterms.

WASHINGTON — Free Press released a report revealing the failures of Meta, TikTok, Twitter and YouTube to curb the spread of election disinformation and extremism across their networks.

Democratic leaders have dithered and delayed, leaving people without the safeguards they need to access an open and affordable internet.

“The U.S. Senate gets an ‘F’ in FCC,” said Free Press Action Internet Campaign Director Heather Franklin.

Few of the lawmakers responding to the national journalism crisis seem willing to focus relief efforts where they’re needed most.