Editing Voter suppression (section)

=== Information warfare ===
{{main|Information warfare}}
[[Misinformation]], [[disinformation]], and the platforms that are incentivized to boost half-truths and lies are forms of information warfare that can be used to confuse, intimidate, or deceive voters.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Ressa |first=Maria |title=How to stand up to a dictator: the fight for our future |others=Foreword by Amal Clooney |year=2022 |isbn=978-0-06-325751-1 |edition=First |location=New York |publisher=Harper |oclc=1333867107}}</ref> When misinformation and disinformation is amplified by the laundering of foreign money through domestic [[nonprofit organization]]s or other allied domestic actors, charges of [[treason]] can be brought against these actors for colluding with a foreign power.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Levin |first=Dov H. |title=Meddling in the ballot box : the causes and effects of partisan electoral interventions |year=2020 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0197519882}}</ref>

Common examples include undermining journalism, academia, political speech and other fundamental exchanges of ideas and information. Free or low-cost sources of information, such as through libraries, schools, nonprofits, public media, or open-source projects (like [[Wikipedia]]), have historically supported this key democratic prerequisite. For example, two-thirds of U.S. college students in one study cited a lack of information as a reason for why they did not vote.<ref name=":1" />