"7 Potential Disinformation Disasters Headed into Election 2020" - our #FIE2020 team has been monitoring disinfo the last 18 months and headed into election day. No surprise on what #1 is, reinforced this morning America needs to prepare via @FPRI
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#1 is Mail-in ballot conspiracies - domestic and amplified by foreign actors. This is killing our democracy during the pandemic. Kremlin outlets are running wild with it already. fpri.org/fie/mail-in-ba…
#2 is health concerns regarding the candidates. Had to update this morning as seen by 'Stroke' trending on Twitter, and Herman Cain sadly passing away. Devastating lines of disinfo during the pandemic.
#3 uncertainty about outcome on election night...that ritual where we watch the news as states turn red & blue, that's not likely to happen this time.
#4 - Armed mobilizations to polling places...I was worried about this in 2016, I never would have imagined 2020. The armed mobilizations are out of control right now. Add a heated election that's amplified by conspiracies of vote rigging.
#5 - Cyberattacks on election day aside from voting machines & voter rolls - can kick off unprecedented disinfo. Iowa Caucus & GA primaries were strong warnings, and polling places look to be short staffed in key locations due to COVID-19
#6 - 'Post Terminum' chaos - Period between Election Day & inauguration day gives me shivers. Regardless who wins, this feels like a period of sustained iterative disinformation from at home and abroad
#7 - president loses the popular vote but again wins the election. Not disinformation as an event, but will likely kick off numerous conspiracies.
Lastly, no reason to think only 1 scenario will happen, I'd expect several of them. Let's help are fellow citizens get through this by sharing accurate information, & let's support our local, state and federal officials and institutions that are trying to preserve our democracy
"What could Russia do that America isn't already doing to itself" adversaries having some fun with us. this one is months old.
Free ammo to subvert American democracy, delivered daily via Twitter to our adversaries.
at least I beat this one by 4 hours
The headlines write themselves
😐 there was some fretting about Russia disinfo last week, well, we're at the point where they just repeat U.S. headlines and packages get mailed straight to Capitol Hill.
