Its central allegation involved an email from a Ukrainian energy official which focused on then-vice president Joe Biden. ADADBut then something unexpected happened, to Trump’s obvious frustration: Safeguards meant to prevent the spread of misinformation kicked in. Last year, intelligence officials warned Trump that his attorney was suspected to having been a target of Russian intelligence, prompting a shrug from the president. ADThe Biden laptop story triggered precisely the sort of immune response that 2016 created within the information ecosystem. This same pattern holds more broadly for Trump’s 2020 campaign.

Source: Washington Post October 20, 2020 14:37 UTC