Open Measures: November 2024 Roundup

In November 2024, Open Measures looked into 'election fraud' tips on True the Vote's newest app and investigated the nexus of online/offline Active Club activity.

Dec 06, 2024

In case you missed what we’ve been up to, here’s our November 2024 roundup.

True the Vote Allows Election Misinformation on VoteAlert

Nov 2

The organization True the Vote set up a site called VoteAlert where election conspiracy theorists frequently share reports of “election inconsistencies”. The reports made on the site are viewable without authentication via its “share” link, allowing others to easily post and share election disinformation on other social media platforms and, in some cases, bypassing election content policies.

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Canadian Active Clubs and White Nationalist Groups on Telegram

Nov 16

Canadian Active Clubs and white nationalist groups use alt-tech platforms to communicate.
Open Measures researchers studied three of these groups’ online activities and found that all three were encouraging members to pursue combat training while promoting racist, antisemitic, and nationalist ideologies. Some of these groups have organized and attended in-person events with their US-based counterparts as well.

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Behind the headlines:

On November 8, our colleagues at Center for an Informed Public spotlighted post election rumors and their prevalence in alt-tech spaces, using the Open Measures platform.
On November 21, our research on the North American Active Club network was cited by Bloomberg. Activity from groups we had originally reported were additionally contextualized by offline activity in the upper Midwest including Michigan and Ohio. Read more of their analysis here.

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Open Measures: November 2024 Roundup

In November 2024, Open Measures looked into 'election fraud' tips on True the Vote's newest app and investigated the nexus of online/offline Active Club activity.

True the Vote Allows Election Misinformation on VoteAlert

Canadian Active Clubs and White Nationalist Groups on Telegram