EIP has closely followed the coordinated effort to push #BallotHarvesting on multiple social networks starting on Sunday night. While this is ongoing, we have published a post analyzing the first 36 hours: eipartnership.net/rapid-response…
The video made several claims about the integrity of the election that have either been debunked or are without factual support. This video is an interesting example of a domestic, coordinated elite disinfo campaign. gen.medium.com/why-fears-of-f…
The pre-amplification of the #BallotHarvesting narrative began on 9/24 when Project Veritas released a teaser of their coming exposee. This was amplified by prominent conservatives across social media, with a release date set for 9/28. faculty.washington.edu/kstarbi/Ballot…
The first video instead dropped on Sunday at 6pm PT (teased 3 hrs earlier by Mike Lindell), a day earlier than originally announced. An influencer-led effort got #BallotHarvesting trending within minutes.
Among the earliest and most notable tweeters, Donald Trump Jr, who independently uploaded the same O’Keefe video and a message propagating the #BallotHarvesting narrative within seven minutes of O’Keefe’s original post. Jr. also posted to his Facebook, 10 minutes before O’Keefe.
The incident exemplifies the ability of a small number of coordinated influencers to drive political narratives and generate millions of impressions w/in minutes. TikTok was the only platform to take aggressive action
The video’s virality was not organic - the effectiveness of the technique coupled with weak or slow platform response lends us to believe that we should expect it to be reused on misleading videos throughout the election season.
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