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Black Voting Groups Prepare for Disinformation Campaigns in the Midterms

NYT > Business > Media · Tiffany Hsu · last updated

A new “propaganda playbook” aims to demystify common techniques used to target Black Americans, long a powerful voting bloc, with election-related disinformation.

Between artificially generated fakes, character assassination campaigns and tactics with names like “crisis profiteering” and “cynicism bombing,” Black voters are encountering a host of disinformation efforts ahead of the November midterm election.