Clearly it’s having impact. I hope Biden’s team is on this. Also I’m assuming Bloomberg’s money can help deal with this. It’s so frustrating dealing with people who are willing to lie and cheat to win elections.

Klaralven

(7,510 posts)

3. Venezuelans and Colombians meddling in US elections?

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Mon Sep 14, 2020, 07:36 AM

Sep 2020

At the same time, there has been a rise of Spanish-language conservative media, especially revolving around politics connected to Colombia and Venezuela, that are increasingly showing up in the social media feeds of South Florida’s Latin America diaspora communities. They’re finding common cause with Cuban-Americans, who dominate Spanish-language radio airwaves and have been a bulwark of Republican support in Florida’s otherwise Democratic-leaning and diverse Hispanic communities.

But where radio is easy to hear for all, Facebook is harder to track. And the encrypted messaging system it bought, WhatsApp, is even more difficult.

WhatsApp group chats are widely popular among Latin Americans and other immigrant communities in the U.S. because the app doesn't require a U.S. phone number or specific mobile service provider, making it easy to stay in touch with family abroad via text or voice communication. Group chats within the closed network can easily be created with dozens of people anywhere in the world. Plus, iPhones aren’t as popular in Latin America — meaning iMessage chats are not an option for many.

Political campaigns, social-justice movements and support groups have followed along, making WhatsApp a top tool for reaching voters in Latin America and from Latin America.

LonePirate

(13,424 posts)

5. You can look a lot closer to home to uncover who is putting out this disinformation.

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Mon Sep 14, 2020, 08:10 AM

Sep 2020

It's obviously Republicans and the QAnon cult.

JustAnotherGen

(31,823 posts)

4. Mike Bloomberg is on it

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Mon Sep 14, 2020, 07:42 AM

Sep 2020

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/bloomberg-money-florida-biden/2020/09/12/af51bb50-f511-11ea-bc45-e5d48ab44b9f_story.html

least $100 million in Florida to help elect Democrat Joe Biden, a massive late-stage infusion of cash that could reshape the presidential contest in a costly toss-up state central to President Trump’s reelection hopes.

Bloomberg made the decision to focus his final election spending on Florida last week, after news reports that Trump had considered spending as much as $100 million of his own money in the final weeks of the campaign, Bloomberg’s advisers said. Presented with several options on how to make good on an earlier promise to help elect Biden, Bloomberg decided that a narrow focus on Florida was the best use of his money.

The president’s campaign has long treated the state, which Trump now calls home, as a top priority, and his advisers remain confident in his chances given strong turnout in 2016 and 2018 that gave Republicans narrow winning margins in statewide contests

andym

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6. Republican disinformation. Russians helping?

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Mon Sep 14, 2020, 12:33 PM

Sep 2020

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Wonder if the Russians have caught on as well, and are trying to amplify the anti-Biden conspiracy theories.

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