Another example of false context is this tweet that circulated on election day during the 2018 midterm elections. It was based on a genuine video of a broken voting machine that was highlighting the wrong name when pressed. The machine was taken out of operation and the person was given the opportunity to vote on a machine that was working correctly. This tweet, pushed by someone with a username clearly connected with the QAnon conspiracy, used the video to push the idea that this was a more serious example of targeted voter fraud. One user spread this video of a broken voter machine as evidence of widespread voter fraud. In reality, the machine was taken out of commission and the voter was allowed to recast their vote. The tweet has been removed but was reported on by BuzzFeed. Archived on September 6 2019.16 32 I N F O R M AT I O N D I S O R D E R CHAPTER 5 Imposter content When genuine sources are impersonated. 33

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