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Fighting False Election Claims Could Get A Lot Harder In 2024 : Consider This from NPR Researchers, election officials and former tech executives are concerned the federal government, fearful of kicking up a storm, has pulled back from its rumor fighting efforts that were effective in 2020 and 2022. NPR correspondents Miles Parks and Shannon Bond joined our co-host Ailsa Chang to discuss their reporting on misinformation. Email us at considerthis@npr.org

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Fighting False Election Claims Could Get A Lot Harder In 2024

Fighting False Election Claims Could Get A Lot Harder In 2024

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FILE - In this Jan. 6, 2021, file photo, U.S. Capitol Police push back rioters trying to enter the U.S. Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File) Jose Luis Magana/AP hide caption

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FILE - In this Jan. 6, 2021, file photo, U.S. Capitol Police push back rioters trying to enter the U.S. Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

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Despite lots of factual evidence that Joe Biden clearly won the 2020 election, misinformation and outright lies about our country's election process continue to spread.

But with a little less than a year to go before the next election, fact checkers, researchers and watch dog groups that collect and disseminate the data to counter election lies are under attack.

And it's not just from online trolls.

Individuals an organizations are being hit with lawsuits that claim efforts to eliminate false information about the election can infringe on First Amendment rights.

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with correspondents Shannon Bond and Miles Parks about new strategies to spread election lies.