The episode showcased the perils of conducting elections in the age of social media, where volume is more important than veracity. On Monday, Twitter affirmed its mostly hands-off approach, maintaining that the false claims about Iowa’s voter rolls did not qualify as a form of voter suppression. Of the eight Iowa counties listed by Judicial Watch, a single one — Lyon County — has more registered voters (8,490) than adult residents (8,430), based on five-year estimates released by the Census Bureau in 2018. “This augments that.”ADA similar post from Judicial Watch on its Facebook page also has been referred to the company’s third-party fact-checkers for review, the tech giant said Monday. But the companies have sought to stake out a more aggressive approach to content considered to be voter suppression.

Source: Washington Post February 03, 2020 17:54 UTC