Fears have been raised once again that an election in the United States could be marred by online misinformation. False claims about voting and elections have spread widely on social media ahead of the midterms — which will see all seats in the House of Representatives and a little more than a third in the Senate up for grabs — despite promises by tech companies to address the matter. Twitter, TikTok, Facebook, and YouTube all say they’ve expanded their work to detect and stop harmful misinformation that could suppress the vote or even lead to political violence. Concerns in the US were heig…

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