May 26, 2021
MEXICO CITY (AFP) – Fake news is multiplying on social networks in Mexico during an election campaign marked by increased political polarisation, insults and attacks against candidates and parties, experts warned.
AFP’s fact-checking journalists have debunked several news stories circulating on social media in recent weeks that turned out to be false.
One widely shared post said that the ruling Morena party wanted voters to use new identity cards linked to poll technology firm Smartmatic, which it accused of being “a Venezuelan electoral fraud company”.
But the firm, now based in London, said it has no contracts in Mexico for the June midterm elections, and a new identity card will not be used in the vote.
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Fake news is multiplying on social networks in Mexico during an election campaign marked by increased political polarization, insults and attacks against candidates and parties, experts warn. "We see a deliberate strategy by all political actors, of all political campaigns, to exacerbate polarization," said Abraham Trejo, coordinator of the Hate and Harmony project at the College of Mexico.
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