A rights group reports that governments and individuals have sought to influence elections online in 26 of 30 national elections it studied. Freedom House released the report about online influence on Monday, one day before elections in many parts of the United States. Some of the group’s financing comes from the U.S. government. The new report warns that internet-based election interference has become an important method for those seeking to attack democracy. It found that disinformation and propaganda were the most popular tools used to influence elections.
Title: Governments Increasing Social Media Use to Influence Elections
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3775/prop.wav' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Governments Increasing Social Media Use to Influence Elections' data-article-id='4289'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='15625'>A rights group reports that governments and individuals have sought to influence elections online in 26 of 30 national elections it studied.</span> <span data-start-time='15625' data-end-time='29146'>Freedom House released the report about online influence on Monday, one day before elections in many parts of the United States.</span> <span data-start-time='29146' data-end-time='36104'>Some of the group’s financing comes from the U.S. government.</span> <span data-start-time='36104' data-end-time='50854'>The new report warns that internet-based election interference has become an important method for those seeking to attack democracy.</span> <span data-start-time='50854' data-end-time='62208'>It found that disinformation and propaganda were the most popular tools used to influence elections.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3775/prop.jpg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=14010 data-hint-location='50854' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3775/what_does_propaganda_mean.wav'>What does propaganda mean?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='biased or false information'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3775/on_line_influence.wav'><span>on line influence</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3775/attack_democracy.wav'><span>attack democracy</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3775/biased_or_false_information.wav'><span>biased or false information</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3775/influence_an_election.wav'><span>influence an election</span></div></div></div><div class='multiple_choice_question question-container' data-question-id=14011 data-hint-location='0' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3775/what_have_individuals_and_governments_sought_to_do.wav'>What have individuals and governments sought to do?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='influence elections'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3775/suppress_voters.wav'><span>suppress voters</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3775/attack_democracy.wav'><span>attack democracy</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3775/obtain_financing.wav'><span>obtain 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