Disinformation campaigns are not an abstract worry for North Carolina voters.
Last week, the Winston-Salem Journal reported on a fake news page posing as local journalism.
After WRAL and McClatchy furthered the reporting, Facebook decided to remove the page from its platform.
The administrators of the site, which was spreading racially divisive messages and voicing support for President Donald Trump’s campaign for reelection, published at least one post in Russian and responded in Russian to some inquiries from the Winston-Salem Police Department, according to the news reports.
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Source: NC voters headed to polls amid disinformation, misinformation | Carolina Public Press