False information is everywhere. 'Pre-bunking' tries to head it off early
The idea is to show people the tactics and tropes of misleading information before they encounter it in the wild – so they're better equipped to recognize and resist it.
Officials in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Union County, North Carolina, and Contra Costa County, California, are posting infographics on social media urging people to "think critically" about what they see and share about voting and to seek out reliable election information.
Earlier this month, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency put out a public service announcement saying cyberattacks are not likely to disrupt voting.
Twitter will soon roll out prompts in users' timelines reminding them final results may not come on Election Day.
They're all examples of a strategy known as "prebunking" that's become an important pillar of how tech companies, nonprofits, and government
