Social media companies remove posts spreading disinformation about Election Day

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Facebook and Twitter are reviewing and taking down posts that spread disinformation about how and when to vote on Election Day

A senior official from the National Association of State Elections Directors told reporters Tuesday that the group flagged election disinformation to both social media companies.Ahead of last year's midterm elections, Facebook and Twitter declared such posts against their policies and created methods for states to flag election-related misinformation for removal."I have today and over the last couple days. We've seen a couple things on Twitter.

A Twitter representative declined to confirm that it was taking down posts, but did confirm that was part of its policy.Jared Dearing, executive director of Kentucky's Board of Elections, confirmed to CNN that he'd turned over potential voter disenfranchisement posts to social media companies this election.

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I got a letter from the board of elections telling me the wrong location for early voting.

That’s a great idea

Let there be sanity.

How has your network escaped your own censors then? FakeNews virtuesignaling disinformation

Do y'all mean that election day isn't April 20th at 4:20 pm 😊😊😊

so dumb. if ppl cant figure it out, they shouldnt vote

As they should - this deserves no applause. This is expected and should be common sense.

Police state?

Repetin past Theories. :-D

This is GOOD news!

Freedom of speech though, right facebook

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Corrupt news network. Then CNN is out.

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