Election 2024:
Be informed, not misled

About

Learn and teach news literacy

The 2024 election season will be among the most closely followed in American history, and as in past years, it also will attract a flood of mis- and disinformation. A new development this year is the rise of artificial intelligence technologies, which can create sophisticated fabrications and distortions that challenge our ability to identify what’s real and what’s not like never before.

The News Literacy Project is working to ensure that you know how to discern fact from fiction and can make well-informed voting decisions when you go to the polls.

We aim to accomplish that through our election misinformation awareness campaign, which will help you learn how to spot false information and hone your skills for identifying and seeking out credible sources and fact-based information. This includes free resources, videos and events for educators and the public, some of which are available in Spanish.

Outpace Election Misinformation

NEW Prebunking guide

Five election disinformation trends to expect — and what to know about them.

Misinformation Dashboard: Election 2024

Our Misinformation Dashboard: Election 2024 empowers you to identify and avoid viral election falsehoods

By showing you current trends in the themes and types of misinformation being created, the dashboard helps you avoid being misled by:

• Highlighting of-the-moment data.
• Analyzing trends, tactics and topics.
• Featuring dynamic visualizations that quickly illuminate information.
• Connecting content that you might encounter in your daily life to the overall election misinformation landscape.

How it works

Our team monitors viral social media content and the work of standards-based news organizations, fact-checking outlets and journalists covering misinformation and social media, and already has collected hundreds of debunked claims, with more added every week.

Examples are catalogued by theme, type and the use of artificial intelligence to illuminate the trends, helping you identify falsehoods and recognize credible election information.

Track the trends

Check out our limited blog series, Track the trends, in which we analyze trends from the Misinformation Dashboard.

View recordings of our previous webinars

Detect and debunk misinformation

Vetting election information

Infórmate en 2024/Be informed in 2024

Beyond the broadcast: Covering the 2024 elections

Preparing for elections when news coverage is scarce

Explore our Youtube playlist with all past webinar recordings

Quick news literacy takeaways

Countdown to Election Day: Must-Have Teaching Materials

Vetting election information: Tips for veterans, service members

Three practical ways to detect and debunk misinformation

Finding water in a news desert: Tips from three experts

Is it legit? Vetting news sources for credibility

Other resources

Trusted information on how and where to vote

• Vote 411: League of Women Voters Education Fund
• USA.gov voter information: Federal government voting and elections guide
• #TrustedInfo2024: National Association of Secretaries of State
• Election FAQs: National Association of State Election Directors
• Vote.gov: Voter registration guidance
• U.S. Election Assistance Commission: Independent, bipartisan dependent initiative to improve election processes and voter participation
• AARP: Your Election Guide to 2024 Primary Voting: From ID requirements to absentee ballots, what voters need to know
• Disinformation in Spanish and the 2024 elections: Key insights from Factchequeado (English) Focus on six key areas impacting elections
• Las 6 claves de Factchequeado sobre desinformación en español para este año electoral 2024 (Spanish)

Candidates and issues

• Ballotpedia: A digital encyclopedia of American politics and a nonpartisan source of information on elections, politics and policy.