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Judging by social media, Hollywood hit the polls hard today — celebrities from Sarah Jessica Parker to Jennifer Garner and many, many more proudly shared selfies to document an important civic duty: voting. Many public figures (including celebrities) have mobilized in recent weeks to remind people how voting can affect change. And in addition to talking the talk, they are walking the walk. Proof? All of these beautiful post-voting selfies, complete with “I voted” stickers, of course. Zendaya View this post on Instagram I voted, you? A post shared by Zendaya (@zendaya) on Nov 5, 2018 at 3:32pm PST The Greatest Showman star Zendaya shared a video on Instagram of herself doing what could possibly be d...

Twitter announced an update to its elections integrity work on Monday, which includes a breakdown of its plans to fight back in the war against fake news. The upcoming midterm elections present a challenge for sites like Twitter and Facebook after disinformation campaigns marred the 2016 presidential election and plagued the social networks. Twitter’s been hard at work combatting misleading posts, trolls, and false news stories, which found a solid foothold recently. An update on our elections integrity work https://t.co/VOCgXgYyVJ — Twitter Public Policy (@Policy) October 1, 2018 The platform plans to update three crucial areas: Twitter’s rulebook, detecting intentionally misleading content, and enforcing its changes to improve user experience on the site. The updated rules pr...

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Celebrities “I Voted” Selfies From the 2018 Midterm Elections

Twitter finally cracks down on fake news and foreign trolls