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
Our new 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.
Events
Attend a free event
Check back soon for information about late summer and fall events.
View recordings of our previous webinars
Detect and debunk misinformation
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
Our Resources
Learn news literacy
Browse our 2024 Presidential Election Misinformation Flipboard page for recent articles about misinformation related to the elections.
Test your news literacy with our short quiz
Check out and share our infographics on social media:
Teach news literacy:
Explore our Voting and Elections collection on Flip for classroom discussion and lesson plan ideas related to election misinformation in the news, breaking out of political “bubbles,” spotting impostor accounts and fake posts, and more.
Videos
ENGLISH
Watch and share our YouTube videos offering tips on how to avoid election misinformation.
ESPAÑOL
Mire y comparta los anuncios de servicio público en nuestra lista videos en YouTube.
Featured TikTok
Check back here for new TikTok videos on timely topics related to the elections and follow us @newslitproject.
@newslitproject News literacy tips in brat font 🥥 #NewsLiteracy #KamalaHarris #CoconutTree #FactCheck #CharliXCX #brat #Kesha ♬ Blow by Kesha Kamalas Version - En
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.