US EditionBiden campaign launches strategy to combat misinformation on social media
- The Biden campaign is preparing to combat false claims and misinformation spread by Trump and other GOP candidates in the 2024 election, and they plan to fill the gaps left by social media platforms in addressing misinformation.
- The campaign's strategy involves publicly shaming platforms for not enforcing their own misinformation policies rather than pressuring them directly, as well as using counter-messaging, grassroots organizing, and fact-checking to combat false claims. They also plan to run targeted paid ads to counter disinformation.
- The campaign is particularly focused on combating misinformation from leading Republican candidates, including Trump, regarding the 2020 election and personal attacks on Hunter Biden.
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Biden 2024 campaign launching sweeping effort to thwart 'misinformation' on social media
President Joe Biden's campaign is aiming to fight alleged "misinformation" on social media during the 2024 presidential race, all while Republicans raise heightened censorship concerns over how Democrats have coordinated with platforms on content moderation.
Biden campaign launches strategy to combat misinformation on social media
President Biden’s reelection campaign is creating a working group centered on combating misinformation on social media networks, a Biden campaign official told The Hill on Wednesday. The group will be led by Rob Flaherty, deputy campaign manager; Michael Tyler, communications director; and Maury Riggan, general counsel, as well as aides from the rapid response communications […]
Biden Campaign Staffs Up to Fight Misinformation
“Joe Biden’s presidential campaign is overhauling its strategy to fight misinformation on social media in the 2024 race, recruiting hundreds of staffers and volunteers to monitor platforms, buying advertising to fight bogus claims, pushing its own countermessages out through grassroots allies — with a bulldog aide helping lead the effort,” Politico reports. “The change is driven by concern that social media companies are less willing to police p…
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