With every major Arizona and U.S. election, the democratic process has been in an information war where social media has been one of the platforms for spreading misinformation on the integrity of the election.
Social media misinformation — from allegations of Russian bots in 2016 through COVID-19-related issues in 2020 to this year’s midterm election — has voters facing a barrage of information from all sides in all debates on various platforms, and much of it is false.
The 2022 midterms were no exception to the misinformation on the election credibility. This month millions of Americans will have voted by mail and drop boxes, yet commentators and candidates already have begun to create claims about the election process. These claims have been shared on various platforms like TV, radio, podcasts and social media.
