Free Press’ Nora Benavidez, the lead author of a new report, said that tech companies “have failed to clearly update their systems in time for the elections.”
Free Press’ report shows that election disinformation is just as dire in advance of the 2022 U.S. midterms as it was during the nation’s 2020 elections.
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.
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.
This Free Press report shows how Meta, TikTok, Twitter and YouTube are failing to crack down on hate and anti-democratic disinformation ahead of the U.S. midterms.