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African American Voters Alert to Social Media Disinformation

Chris Simkins

   COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA - With heads tilted down over smartphones, a
   group of African American students swiped through their social media
   accounts. On this particular day, these young South Carolina voters
   search for information about the 2020 U.S. presidential election and
   the candidates in the race.

   "When I look for information about the presidential campaigns, I go to
   my social media news feeds on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram," said
   Monique Daniel, a senior at South Carolina State University in
   Orangeburg.

   Daniel, like others on this predominantly black college campus, hasn't
   decided whom to support in the state's upcoming Democratic presidential
   primary Feb. 29.

   Increasingly, the students say they ignore the endless campaign ads
   blanketing the television airwaves and turn to social media for
   information on which to judge candidates.

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