The new date is Nov 4, 2022.
All major social media platforms have outlined plans to tackle misinformation around the election, but questions will remain about their effectiveness and the ability of these platforms to adequately implement these measures after struggling to do so during the election.
Almost all major social media platforms have a plan for the elections.
During the 2020 election, Meta temporarily suspended all political, electoral and social issue ads from its platforms, and will reject all ads that discourage people from voting or question the legitimacy of the elections.
TikTok says it has been labeling all of its content with links to its "Election Center" page, which it says will give users "authoritative information" about the polls.
The platform will take down any content pushing election misinformation, harassment of poll workers, behavior, and violent Extremism, and any content which is in the process of being fact checked by its partners will not be recommended on user's 'For You' feed.
In order to get ahead of misinformation on the platform, it will use "prebunks" which are prompt that appear on a user's timelines that "proactively address topics that may be the subject of misinformation."
In 2020 it used labels on election-related misinformation to help people debunk it and reduce engagement levels.
The Associated Press will be used by both YouTube and its parent company to display election results, as well as by CNN and Fox News, to limit the spread of election misinformation.
After it was acquired by Musk, all eyes will be on the micro-messaging service. As it is set to lose nearly half of its workforce in a mass layoffs on Friday, there are concerns about its ability to enforce its policies to deal with election misinformation. After being acquired by Musk, the platform had seen a brief surge in hate content, but most of these issues were caused by a small number of troll accounts. The Trust and Safety team has been restricted from using the moderation tools on the platform, according to a report. Over the weekend, Musk faced criticism after he posted a false conspiracy theory about the attack on Pelosi's husband. Musk responded to a clip of the congresswoman accusing Musk of limiting her account by writing "What can I say?" It was an abuse of authority.
Measures that were put in place for the 2020 elections seem to be the basis of the policies outlined by the major social media platforms. There were questions about the effectiveness of the use of labels and fact checks by "authoritative sources." After the 2020 election, Donald Trump refused to concede and his supporters shared conspiracy theories about the legitimacy of the election. The former president was banned from all major social media platforms after his supporters invaded the Capitol building.
The choice of Fox News as one of the sources may raise some eyebrows as the network faces a lawsuit from a voting machine maker which accused it of exaggerating claims about the machines being used.
The firm reportedly limits access to moderation tools.
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