After the 2016 elections and the confusion associated with it due to what was raised about foreign interference that affected its results, the readiness of communication platforms for the 2020 elections was completely different.
The readiness of these platforms is not only during the propaganda campaigns, but for after the results are announced and the worst-case scenario is expected, especially after US President Donald Trump announced that he would not accept the election results in the event of his loss, a shocking threat that may endanger American democracy.
According to TechCrunch, on Tuesday, the social networking sites Facebook and Twitter in particular have laid out detailed plans about what happens if the election results are not immediately clear or if the candidate refuses to accept the official results once they are counted.
On election night, Facebook has posted a message on both Facebook and Instagram informing users that the vote count is still in progress.
When reliable results appear, Facebook will change those messages to reflect the official results.
If one of the candidates declares victory prematurely, the communication site will associate his announcement with a message stating that "there is no official result and voting is still in progress."
Twitter
Twitter released its plans to deal with the election results two months ago, explaining that it will either remove or attach a warning sign to premature victory allegations before reliable election results emerge.
The company also stated that it would take action against any tweets that "incite illegal behavior to prevent the peaceful transfer of power," a frightening scenario, but it is necessary to anticipate it in 2020, according to the company's tweet.
Last week, the company also began displaying large misinformation warnings to users at the top of their feeds.
The messages notified users that they "may encounter misinformation" about voting by mail, and also warned them that the election results may not be immediately known.
Twitter said: "Users trying to share Tweets with disinformation related to elections will see a pop-up directing them to information that has been checked and forcing them to click on a warning before participating."
He added, "The site will act strictly on any allegations that may cast doubt on the vote, including unconfirmed information about election fraud, rigging in the polls, counting the votes or validating the election results."
One of the other major changes that many users may have already noticed is Twitter's decision to disable retweet without reading the tweet, and instead enable the 'Quote a Tweet' feature to reduce the spread of misinformation.
The YouTube
YouTube did not go into similar details regarding the decision-making, but the company had previously said it would place a "informational" tag on election-related search results and below election-related videos.
The label warns users that "results may not be final" and directs them to the company election information center.
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