All Stories published by GEN on November 05, 2020

300,000 people mobilized on Facebook to challenge election results and spread misinformation. And Facebook has just shut the group down, reports Sarah Emerson, “on the basis of attempting to delegitimize the election process, and its role in potentially instigating physical violence.”


Ballots are still being counted, but already voter turnout is projected to have reached the highest level since the presidential election of 1900. So far, 66.2% of the voting-eligible population has been logged as having voted — about six points higher than in 2016, when 60.1% voted. According to the Washington Post, states across the South and…

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