WASHINGTON — With the 2020 Election Day looming in lower than every week, ideas of election safety and combating misinformation are reaching a peak for a lot of People. 

The U.S. Division of Homeland Safety and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Safety Company are taking up the social media rumor mill and election misinformation and disinformation with its #PROTECT2020 marketing campaign. 

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Safety Company is the lead federal company answerable for securing the nation’s elections infrastructure and works carefully with the intelligence neighborhood, regulation enforcement officers, personal sector companions, and others throughout the federal authorities.

“However this must be an entire of nation effort. State and native election officers are on the entrance strains, and the function of the Federal Authorities is to make it possible for they’re ready,” the CISA web site says.

The company additionally developed a 57-panel graphic novel, “Actual Pretend,” the primary graphic novel within the “Resilience” sequence, that exhibits the risks and dangers related to dis- and misinformation by fictional tales impressed by real-world occasions.

Readers observe protagonists Rachel and Andre as they uncover {that a} command heart in Russia is utilizing a community of troll farms to unfold false narratives about elections to American voters. With the elections developing, Rachel and Andre observe the path of artificial media and cease the cyber assailants from inflicting chaos, confusion, and division.

You’ll be able to obtain and look at the graphic novel right here. 

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