Why You Should Talk To Your Friends and Family?

According to the study, 36% of people view their close friends as a trusted messenger, followed by 32% who rely on their immediate family members for trustworthy information. Finally, social media friends and spouses/partners each serve as a source of reliable information for 30% of people.

Source: Ad Council Research Institute Trusted messenger study 2022

Political disagreements, especially on sensitive topics like election disinformation, can sometimes drive friends and even families apart. If you've experienced this, you're not alone:

First rule: Do Not Engage with Disinformation!

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How to have a productive conversation?

• Establish, Build, and Maintain Trust
• Prepare for the conversation
  • Verify that the claim is false before starting the conversation.
  • Use lateral search techniques to verify information by adding "true," "false," or "debunked" at the end of the query.
  • Check the "About Us" page of sources.
• Share correct information and Trusted sources

Our Social Media Monitoring program identifies emerging disinformation narratives about elections and voting, providing real-time intelligence about disinformation to the Election Protection Community. Want to learn more? Take a look at our Under the Microscope report.