4 years ago today, October 16th 2019 at 11:08pm…
The Washington Nationals completed the 4-0 sweep vs the St, Louis Cardinals, clinching their first World Series birth in franchise history ❤️
I stopped by The Washington Post’s 2023 White House Correspondents’ Pre-Dinner Reception this evening. Celebrate a free press, the First Amendment, journalism and the next generation of journalists.
Exhibit closing today: Benedition at Friends Art Space. Housed in a garage turned gallery with a steeple roof, the owner curated an exhibit evocative of a church.
🎨Anna Aagaard Jensen, Bailey Scieszka, Carl Durkow, Duyi Han, Lane Walkup, Malcolm Majer, Polina Miliou & Trey Jones
@JerryTu51290890@Victorshi2020 Have you seen the voting lines in areas where people@of color have to vote. Stand in line for 8 hours to cast a vote while in many parts of the country they can walk right in. Make voting easy and accessible for everyone is democracy in action
We also look at the role platforms played in allowing the spread of these conspiracy theories and the organisation of these efforts. Platforms have largely been asleep at the wheel in the face of these efforts, either not having sufficient policies or enforcing those in place.
Platforms can step up and do their part in the final hours to make sure theories don’t evolve into threats. As our research points out, there’s a lot of room for improvement as the US prepares for the 2024 presidential election. https://t.co/ibF9lWPgsT
Our research looks at the manifestation of those conspiracies: organised efforts to intimidate voters by ‘monitoring’ drop boxes. These efforts have led to multiple reported incidents of individuals and extremist groups establishing an armed presence outside drop boxes.
This is a trend that started following the 2020 election when election deniers sought narratives to make the case that the outcome of the election was rigged. Conspiracy theories on and offline have driven a lot of attention to drop box voting in 2022. https://t.co/ibF9lWPgsT
Tomorrow is Election Day in the US, and millions across the country have already submitted their votes via ballot drop boxes. Online however, we’ve seen these same drop boxes serve as the focal point for election conspiracists driving disinformation. https://t.co/ibF9lWx7eL