Joint Center Quoted in The New York Times on Disinformation and Voter Suppression Tactics

Joint Center Senior Advisor and Director of Technology Policy Danielle (Davis) Canty, Esq., was quoted in The New York Times discussing disinformation efforts aimed at targeting Black political participation.

From the article: “Efforts to suppress or manipulate Black political participation predates social media, but are now operating at higher speed, scale and precision, said Danielle A. Canty, the director of technology policy at the Joint Center for Political & Economic Studies. ‘Black Americans aren’t targeted because they’re uniquely gullible or susceptible to this — they’re targeted because the Black vote matters,’ she said. ‘If we just let this information run rampant, to the point where it discourages voters or makes them feel like their vote doesn’t count, we’re essentially taking ourselves out of the game.'”

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