As Election Day draws near, a growing amount of disinformation is getting published online to confuse, inflame or distract potential voters. To help readers better understand the information landscape, journalists at The Times have collected five examples of active disinformation campaigns that were reported on or took place this week. [If you see a suspicious post or text, please take a screenshot and share it with us.] 1) Twitter took down a bot network supporting the Saudi Arabian government. On Thursday, Twitter suspended a network of suspected Twitter bots that were sending pro-Saudi Arabian government talking points about the disappearance of the Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

Source: New York Times October 20, 2018 09:00 UTC