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Deceptive ‘bait-and-switch’ Facebook groups spread disinformation targeting US voters with anti-Kamala Harris posts

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57% Informative

Dozens of Facebook groups bill themselves as Kamala Harris fan pages but mount racist attacks, criticise her record on immigration and promote her rival Donald Trump .

The Washington -based American Sunlight Project analysed over 300 groups on the Meta -owned platform.

The proliferation of such Facebook groups does not appear to be an organised effort and illustrates a sophisticated tactic to seed false election narratives in trusted online spaces.

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60

Informative language

60

Neutral language

6

Article tone

semi-formal

Language

English

Language complexity

70

Offensive language

likely offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

short-lived

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