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Crowdsourced voter fraud claims flood social media before US election

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67% Informative

Crowdsourced voter fraud claims flood social media before US election.

Hundreds of incidents involving purported voting irregularities are being collected and spread by individuals.

In nearly every case, the posts support the Trump campaign’s false claim that the former president won the 2020 election and suggestions that he will potentially be cheated out of victory again on 5 November .

Experts worry the burst of misinformation could undermine people's trust in the results.

Real incidents are now being catalogued and shared online to an unprecedented degree.

Experts say isolated incidents of ballot fraud and administrative errors always happen in US presidential elections.

Authorities have repeatedly pointed to their investigations as examples of election safeguards.

But those who believe conspiracy theories about widespread fraud see these incidents as evidence of a co-ordinated plan by Democrats to “rig” the election.

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67

Informative language

61

Neutral language

35

Article tone

semi-formal

Language

English

Language complexity

52

Offensive language

possibly offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

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Known propaganda techniques

detected

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short-lived

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