As Mexico is preparing for their election for a new president Sunday, June 29th, fake news has been everywhere regarding the elections. Many Facebook pages have been made recently talking about scandals and many other things regarding the running opponents. According to US News and Report, “Zocalo Virtual, which has spread false claims about a disgraced ex-governor and billionaire Carlos Slim, had more than 1.86 million followers”. The worst part is not only is this happening on Facebook, other social media platforms like Twitter and Whatsapp, have many fake threads and accounts sending personal messages to users about fake news. Officials have been trying very hard to distract people by sending messages talking about these fake stories. But the only hope for these candidates as they run tomorrow is that the truth overshadows all the lies. [1 image, 1 link, 1 quote, 137 words]
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