Trump- and Musk-fueled falsehoods and threats backdrop US election
Misinformation and Russian-linked vote curbing attempts over unfounded terrorist threats aim to disrupt US election
Americans went to the polls on Tuesday against a backdrop of misinformation – much of it suspected to have originated in Russia – as the FBI warned of fake videos and non-credible threats of terrorism aimed at disrupting the US presidential election and discouraging voting.
These tensions were stoked by Donald Trump supporters and the former US president himself. Elon Musk, the world’s richest man and Trump’s most vocal surrogate, tweeted a video of support that appeared to reference the far-right QAnon ideology.
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