[국제]”Vote on behalf of the deceased” … Conspiracy theory to rig the US presidential election is widely distributed on social media

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Conspiracy theories related to ‘election rigging’ are spreading rapidly through social media such as Twitter and Facebook, as dissatisfaction with the results of President Donald Trump’s presidential election in the US continues. .

The mainstream media and the NEC claim to be unsubstantiated false claims, but conspiracy theories are spreading among Trump supporters.

Reporter Lee Dong-hun.

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President Trump has posted more than 40 posts on Twitter and Facebook alleging ‘election manipulation’ since Election Day.

Twitter posted a warning that the ‘voter fraud’ accusation is controversial, but not enough to prevent the spread of conspiracy theories.

From 2 to 6, the day before the election, tweets and retweets mentioning ‘theft’, ‘fraud’ and ‘manipulation’ related to the election increased more than 28 times compared to the previous one.

On the sixth day alone, 16 million people retweeted the comment.

Hashtags such as “vote steal” (#Stealthevote) and “stop theft” (#Stopthesteal) have also appeared, expanding and reproducing the conspiracy theory.

The mainstream media and NEC officials say the allegations of “election rigging” are unfounded and false.

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However, conspiracy theories of “election manipulation” are spreading in states with small margins such as Pennsylvania, Georgia and Michigan.

Mainly, the vote was made on behalf of the deceased, or the ballot supporting President Trump was thrown into a trash can or river.

Although it turns out not to be true, the conspiracy theory has not waned.

As such, Biden’s side criticized last week that 17 of the top 20 Facebook posts were related to President Trump’s accusation of ‘voter fraud’, and that Facebook is neglecting fake news.

Given the seeds of doubt planted in the hearts of some American voters, the conspiracy theory of “electoral manipulation” will continue for quite some time, experts predict.

This is YTN Dongheon Lee.

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