Ahead of Election Day, Misinformation Rampant on Social Media 2020-10-29

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Ahead of Election Day, Misinformation Rampant on Social Media

Both Facebook and Twitter have taken steps in 2020 to more proactively slow the spread of mis-and-disinformation, but misinformation has still been rampant on social media.

A Votar: Latino Voters Confront Disinformation in 2020

In battleground states like Florida, Latino voters have been seeing a wave of mis-and-disinformation in recent weeks. 

Why Some Black Men are Voting for Trump

Hip Hop artists have supported the President — sort of.

Supreme Court Weighs In On Voting

This week, the U.S. Supreme Court decided three major voting cases affecting the battleground states of Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, and North Carolina. 

Fans Will Have to Look Harder to Find Charlie Brown’s Great Pumpkin This Year

The Peanuts’ Halloween special, “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown,” will not air on network TV since it debuted in 1966, but on Apple’s streaming service, APPLE TV plus. 

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