Protecting Truth in the Digital Age
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In the months before an election, the air fills with promises, accusations, and rumors — some true, some half-true, and some deliberately designed to deceive. In central and northern Pennsylvania, where communities are tightly knit and trust is often personal, the impact of misinformation can ripple far beyond a single…
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On Tuesday, South Africa’s Electoral Commission stepped into the final stretch of special voting for the local government elections with a message that was both reassuring and sobering. Chief Electoral Officer Sy Mamabolo stood before the media and confirmed that the last day of special voting was moving smoothly across all nine provinces, with a conservative estimate of 1.3 million special votes cast by midday. There was something quietly extraordinary in that number, a reminder that even in a time of noise and disruption, ordinary citizens were showing up to have their say. All voting stations had opened on time…
Election season is a strange time to tell the truth. The air fills with confident accusations, breakneck headlines, and carefully edited video clips that seem designed to make voters angry before they have a chance to think. In the months leading up to Election Day, the Snopes newsroom did what it has always done: we followed the facts, even when they were inconvenient, even when they moved slowly, and even when the trail led to uncomfortable places. We fact-checked claims made by and about candidates in some of the most competitive races in the country, knowing that the difference between…
