click As the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Report concluded, “no single group of Americans was targeted by [the Russian Internet Research Agencies] information operatives more than African-Americans.” The effort included overt propaganda, recruitment of Americans and organization of “real life” events, and an extensive social media campaign. With this in mind, the DNC has laid out a short list of recommendations specifically for Black Americans to accompany our recommendations set at democrats.org/disinfo. 

1. Review the DNC Recommendations for Combating Online Disinformation - General Public 

2. Beware of digital voter suppression* techniques, such as: 

○ Social posts promoting misinformation about voting (ex. “Vote online,” “text your vote,” “tweet your vote.” etc.) 

○ Posts discouraging participation, encouraging third party voting, or “down-ballot only” voting. 

○ Intimidation tactics like calls and posts warning of fines or penalties for voting. ○ Report these in-platform and via email to disinfo@dnc.org where you find them. 

3. Know the source. Seek transparency in media you consume (Who owns this page? What are their goals?) and avoid anonymous media brands targeting 

Black/African-American identity, especially on issues like reparations, criminal justice, immigration, and climate change. Install the NewsGuard browser plugin to help you navigate news sources online. 

4. Foreign governments are trying to recruit Black Americans. Beware unsolicited requests for information or services like event organization or digital content creation. Make sure you know or can confirm the identity of everyone you interact with online. 

*Digital voter suppression is the use of online services/platforms to distribute inaccurate, misinformation, disinformation, false data, mobile messages, and/or images for the purpose of suppressing the vote during any election season. This is often used in conjunction with or in addition to physical voter suppression activities that have a digital, social networking, technical or mobile component.

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