How to attack disinformation

Citizen voters interested in the 2024 elections and representatives of student groups and community-based organizations share concerns and stories about instances of election disinformation, the dangers posed by these false narratives, and how they counter misleading rumors.

The social research organization, Digital Democracy Institute of the Americas released a special report that focuses on some practices that seek to inoculate Latino consumers from consuming false information, one of which is prebunking, which builds resistance against falsehoods by explaining to audiences the techniques that bad actors can use to affect and manipulate on the internet.

Roberta Braga Founder and Executive Director of the Digital Democracy Institute of the Americas talks about the seriousness of the problem of disinformation and rumors circulating in the electoral environment.

Roberta Braga, comments that according to the results of her surveys, Latinos do not believe everything and there is skepticism.
But what are the consequences of disinformation and how dangerous is this phenomenon, let’s listen to the director of Digital Democracy Institute of the Americas.

As you know disinformation has always existed, Roberta Braga Founder and Executive Director of Digital Democracy Institute of the Americas shares how it is different now.

In addition, she says that this has to do with the fact that we consume a lot of information from social networks.

At election time, disinformation practices become more acute, Roberta Braga says that in these times Latinos are a target for disinformation, because of the political power we represent.

In order to stop disinformation, the organization Digital Democracy Institute of the Americas uses Inoculation or Prebunking, that is to say, it warns people before they see it. This is called “pre-disinformation” or “inoculation” and explains how we can act in the face of erroneous or lying information.

Roberta Braga Founder and executive director of the Digital Democracy Institute of the Americas recommends what to do.