Biden campaign preps for a 2024 torrent of disinformation. Voters should, too

Social media companies were never particularly good at policing their platforms for inaccuracies and deliberate lies, but ahead of another nation-defining presidential cycle, they are downright promising to be bad at it.

X, née Twitter, jump-started its 2024 disinformation campaign last November when it reinstated the account of former President Donald Trump, who with some 87 million followers was a notorious purveyor of lies and conspiracy theories before getting ejected from the platform. In fact, when Elon Musk assumed control of Twitter last October, extremist disinformation pulsed through the platform in celebration of his takeover. Facebook and YouTube are now racing to keep up with X's laissez-faire moderation scheme, which has made the platform a favorite with neo-Nazis.  

In recognition of the perils ahead, the Biden campaign is preparing an aggressive strategy to combat what will surely be a torrent of lies flooding the political landscape.