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Inside an Election Denial Facebook Group on Primary Day

On Tuesday, as voters in New Hampshire cast their ballots in the state’s primary, WIRED followed the activity of one online group of election-deniers who spent the day spreading wild conspiracies and outrage. In the New Hampshire Voter Integrity Facebook group, members were convinced of election fraud within minutes of …

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Disrupt! The Silicon Valley Elites Lining Up Behind Dean Phillips

In the New Hampshire primary yesterday, a relatively unknown Democratic congressman from Minnesota gained nearly 20 percent of the vote. Dean Phillips, who is challenging Joe Biden for the Democratic nomination, was boosted by rich techies from Silicon Valley hoping to shake up the Democratic primary. Biden wasn’t on the …

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The Biden Deepfake Robocall Is Only the Beginning

A deepfake robocall impersonating President Biden is rocking the New Hampshire primary, and no one knows who’s behind it. Over the weekend, voters in New Hampshire and New England received a call from a voice that sounded eerily like Biden, touting election “malarkey” and discouraging them to vote in the …

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A Group of Trolling Gen-Z Voters Is Buying Up GOP Domains

Ahead of the New Hampshire primary on Tuesday, a liberal Gen-Z-led group has purchased a handful of domain names related to the top Republican primary candidates in an effort to extinguish support from young voters. “Republicans are not investing in outreach to young people, and we know why,” Jessica Siles, …

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