NYU Report: Social Media Amplified False Claims of Election Fraud

With a Congressional election only weeks away, social media companies want to avoid a repeat of 2016, when according to the U.S. intelligence community, Russia used social media to interfere in the U.S. presidential election. The companies have since adopted policies and hired personnel to prevent a repeat. On this edition of Update-1, longtime Press Club member Irv Chapman interviews Paul Barrett, the deputy director of the New York University Center for Business and Human rights and an adjunct professor of law. He's also the author of a new report about the ways in which social media is being used to spread falsehoods about election fraud. They discuss the policies social media companies are using in an attempt to protect the 2022 midterm elections.