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Online platforms did not remove disinformation posts during 2025 presidential election

Researchers flagged 85 social media posts as electoral disinformation, and 13 as online harassment

By Ellen Coyne
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#3196
First seen
26 Aug 2026, 17:59 UTC
Last checked
27 Aug 2026, 12:31 UTC
Version history
2 versions
Current fingerprint
fc781a720bd4...f4b881
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Publisher layer

Recorded article metadata

Image URL supplied by The Irish Times.
Publisher
The Irish Times
Country
Ireland
Source published
26 Aug 2026, 17:42 UTC
Source updated
No update timestamp supplied
Byline
Ellen Coyne
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Source-supplied excerpt
Researchers flagged 85 social media posts as electoral disinformation, and 13 as online harassment
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    Online platforms did not remove disinformation posts during 2025 presidential election

    Researchers flagged 85 social media posts as electoral disinformation, and 13 as online harassment

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    Initial capture

    Online platforms did not remove disinformation posts during 2025 presidential election

    Researchers flagged 85 social media posts as electoral disinformation, and 13 as online harassment

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Publisher categories are copied from source metadata. Machine signals report observable wording or format and do not determine truth, intent, ethics, or wrongdoing.

  • machine content-type Reported news observable-rules-v1 / 70% rule confidence
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Capture ID
#2850
Observed
26 Aug 2026, 18:29 UTC
HTTP result
200 / parsed
Raw payload
898,718 bytes, private gzip evidence
Collector
news-ledger/0.1
Public boundary
metadata and excerpt
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