August 24, 2022 - Legally Political

24 Aug To Fight Election Falsehoods, Social Media Companies Ready a Familiar Playbook

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Stuart Thompson writes about online information flows. The election dashboards are back online, the fact-checking teams have reassembled, and warnings about misleading content are cluttering news feeds once again.Source: To Fight Election Falsehoods, Social Media Companies Ready a Familiar Playbook....

24 Aug Tara Sweeney, Alaska U.S. House Candidate Who Placed Fourth in Primary, Withdraws; Libertarian Who Placed Fifth Now Qualifies for General Election

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Alaska held its top-four primary on August 16. For U.S. House, Republican Tara Sweeney finished fourth with 3.71% of the vote, thus entitling her to appear on the November ballot. But on August 23, she withdrew.Source: Tara Sweeney, Alaska U.S. House Candidate Who Placed Fourth...