Disinformation on elections, migration is spreading in Spanish too

Update: 2024-06-12

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President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump have been courting Latinos this election season. Relatedly, perhaps, this voting bloc has emerged as a target for disinformation. Marketplace’s Lily Jamali spoke with Marketplace senior Washington correspondent Kimberly Adams and Roberta Braga, founder and executive director of the Digital Democracy Institute of the Americas, to learn more about Spanish-language disinformation in the 2024 campaign.

This conversation is part of “Marketplace Tech’s” limited series “Decoding Democracy.” Watch the full episode on our YouTube channel.

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Disinformation on elections, migration is spreading in Spanish too

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Disinformation on elections, migration is spreading in Spanish too

Marketplace / Marketplace Tech Staff

Disinformation on elections, migration is spreading in Spanish too