With old-fashioned smear campaigns already proving disturbingly effective in digital form, civil rights activists worry that it's only a matter of time before voter suppression tactics make the leap to the Internet.
With old-fashioned smear campaigns already proving disturbingly effective in digital form, civil rights activists worry that it's only a matter of time before voter suppression tactics make the leap to the Internet.
The timing of misinformation efforts is vital: The bad information needs to be disseminated relatively close to election day, with enough lead time to be spread to voters, but not enough for opponents to employ countermeasures.
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