A different ‘super spreader’: Facebook struggles with election disinformation
By
Biju Kumar
SAN FRANCISCO: The US presidential election is finished: votes cast, the transition — though delayed — begun.
But on Facebook, the fight against election misinformation continues, thanks to “super spreaders” — accounts that disseminate rumors and fabrications, falsely spreading the idea that the 2020 election was beset by organized, extensive fraud by the Democratic Party.