News Literacy Project comments on misinformation targeting Latino voters for New York Times report


Latino voting rights groups are fighting rumors and disinformation designed to sow distrust in the U.S. election. The News Literacy Project’s Peter Adams, Senior Vice President of Research and Design, notes one trend shown in NLP’s election misinformation dashboard: falsehoods that link Vice President Kamala Harris with communism.

Read the New York Times story here. Visit the News Literacy Project’s Misinformation Dashboard: Election 2024 here. Read more about the election misinformation trends NLP is tracking here.

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