If a Facebook page or an Instagram post is offering the location of your polling place, you should double check that with your local elections office, the FBI director said Thursday at a congressional hearing. Better yet, don’t get your election information from social media at all. From a report: The House Committee on Homeland Security hosted on Thursday its annual worldwide threats hearing, where intelligence agencies in past years have warned about international cyberattacks and online disinformation. […] The FBI director said that social networks like Facebook and Twitter have worked with the bureau to take down disinformation campaigns, but he also warned Americans against getting election information on those platforms. “It’s particularly of concern to us in the election context when Americans make the mistake of getting information about elections themselves on social media,” Wray said. “We’re trying to make sure Americans know [that] to get information about where, when and how you vote, you need to go to your local election official’s website. Don’t take it from social media.”
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