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In recent years, the release of hacked materials has been weaponized as a political tactic to undermine electoral contests around the world. As the retrospective report from the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, indictments from the Department of Justice, and independent research attest, the United States was the victim of one such effort in 2016. Foreign operatives weaponized the incentives of the press, design of social media, and free flow of information online to distort, distract, and divert attention with stolen information during a key time period in the general election. Claire Wardle at First Draft described this instance as a malinformation campaign:
The term [malinformation] describes genuine information that is shared with an intent to cause harm. An example of this is when Russian agents hacked into emails from the Democratic National Committee and the Hillary Clinton campaign and leaked certain details to the public to damage reputations.
Other examples include the hack and leak of Emmanuel Macron’s emails during the final round of the 2017 French presidential election as well as the hack and leak of government trade documents ahead of the 2019 U.K. election.
Influence operations involving hacked materials are also a threat to the U. …

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Social media is well established as a major factor in American politics, but how voter preferences align with different platforms is less understood.
Preferred social media platforms and how one uses them — such as simply browsing or posting regularly — are indicators of how Americans plan to vote, according to a series of Insider polls taken from August through October.
Those who say they check Twitter at least daily are 20 percentage points more likely to say they’ll vote for Joe Biden than the overall respondent.
People who post or share links on Facebook at least once a week are the most heavily aligned with President Donald Trump, with that group being 10 percentage points more likely than the average respondent to say they’ll vote for his reelection.
YouTube is the closest platform to a “swing state,” with some differences between those who post comments frequently and those who just watch videos.
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Both social media preferences and behavior are aligned with who Americans plan on voting for in the 2020 election, according to a series of Insider polls conducted from August through October.Self-described Twitter and TikTok users lean more toward voting for Democratic nominee Joe Biden, …

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While social media accounts usually foster light-hearted content, social media users recently noticed a shift in content in the wake of the social justice protests around the country and the upcoming presidential election. More and more individuals from common citizens to politicians have begun to exercise their political voice on their social media platforms.
Evelyn Menkes, a University of Miami senior majoring in neuroscience, said she noticed change in her Instagram.
“I’ve definitely seen more people on my feed post about political topics since the pandemic started,” stated Menkes, “I even feel like Instagram is becoming as political if not more political than the other socials like Twitter and Facebook.”
Political and social-justice-related content is ramping up, coming from not only more politicians on Instagram, but from YouTube influencers, lifestyle bloggers, fitness models, as well. These new users posting political content, who usually steer clear of controversial politics, are now facilitating the general shift that Instagram is heading towards.
With the number of political posts increasing on popular social media platforms, many wonder if users see different political opinions on their social media feed that may oppose their personal beliefs.
Geethika Kataru, a sophomore majoring in political science and …

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