False voting info or vote buying
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Check a video freeWhat triggers it
Wrong dates, places, times or methods for voting or registration, false claims about who can vote or whether a vote counts, false claims a candidate dropped out, false claims ICE is at a polling place, offers to buy or sell votes, or encouraging illegal voting.
What Facebook says
“Misinformation about the dates, locations, times, and methods for voting, voter registration, or census participation.”
How to fix it
Correct the voting logistics or link to the official election authority.
Good to know
Satire, condemnation and news reporting of vote buying are excepted. Check election dates and eligibility statements against official sources.
Can FYProof spot it?
A full check of your video looks for it in what's said, the words on screen and the caption. What a check finds is an estimate, not a guarantee.
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