Thread by @gijn

#Disinformation will come from trolls, bots, partisan "news" sites & officials in the few days prior to the Nov 3 #USElection2020. So, in this tweet thread, GIJN packaged 6 quick-reference tools to help reporters deal with the deluge of misinformation. #gijnElectionWatchdog 1/7

TIP 1: Check in daily on the trending disinformation. @FirstDraftNews has a live dashboard for daily snapshots & will help reporters with context: buff.ly/3dopN05 #gijnElectionWatchdog @daithaigilbert @alibreland 2/7

TIP 2: In a time-crunch, turn to reliable tools to track disinformation campaigns, such as:
👉CrowdTangle buff.ly/2pgNvDp
👉TweetDeck buff.ly/1aOIm4A
👉Hoaxy buff.ly/3ezCXXd
#gijnElectionWatchdog 3/7

TIP 3: Verify pics with @Google reverse image search/right-click & "Search Google for image" on Chrome: buff.ly/3kQ4eZv
Track disinfo origins with Who Tweeted it First: buff.ly/36AdT1X
Check deepfakes on InVid: buff.ly/2ZN78nM
#gijnElectionWatchdog 4/7

TIP 4: Brush up on the myriad tactics disinformation actors use. @ShorensteinCtr offers a useful misinformation glossary, from "keyword squatting" to "misinfographics", with links & cases buff.ly/2IPbBCc @awildknight
@jean_leroux @crislopezg #gijnElectionWatchdog 5/7

TIP 5: Arm yourself with local laws on 3rd-party ballot collection, which could drive false fraud claims. @NCSLorg's table shows the rules: buff.ly/31LMhU6, & check late litigation from @MITelectionlab's resource buff.ly/34x12MC #gijnElectionWatchdog 6/7

TIP 6: Find local disinformation posing as breaking election news by checking @TowCenter's searchable Pink Slime dataset buff.ly/2IUb027. These hyper-partisan "local news sites" have tripled to 1200 in 2020 buff.ly/2SVYAsh @vanessa_molter #gijnElectionWatchdog 7/7