Imagine scrolling through your social media feed late at night, and there it is: a video of a beloved Hollywood actor, someone you have admired for years, staring into the camera with a tired, disappointed expression. They say they are done with the Democratic Party. They say the party has lost its way, that it lies to voters, that it only cares about elites, and that ordinary people should look elsewhere. Your heart sinks. You feel a strange mix of betrayal and confusion. You want to share it, because it feels raw and real, or maybe you want to argue…

As the midterm elections draw closer, a familiar kind of anxiety fills the air. We read news alerts about ICE agents appearing near polling places, about states quietly purging voter rolls, about long lines and broken machines. These are real threats, and they deserve attention. But there is another threat that causes just as much damage, if not more, and receives far less coordinated response: election disinformation. It is the lie that reaches a voter’s phone at six in the morning on Election Day, telling them their polling place has moved. It is the official-looking website that appears near the…