I am curious to get some thoughts from the Cake community about what role social media will play in the 2020 U.S. presidential election. We’ve seen Twitter flag some of Donald Trump’s tweets for being fake news (such as the CNN toddler tweet) and Facebook take down some of his posts (like the post that depicted a Nazi symbol).
Four years ago, Trump pretty much went unchecked in terms of what he could post and if what he posted was fake news, he could just shrug it off and go on his merry way, wreaking more havoc and chaos online. Not to mention all the bots and trolls that were trying to tip things in his favor.
This time around, he’s getting fact checked and social media platforms are now aware of how social media influenced the 2016 election. Do you guys think social media will rise to the challenge and not allow Trump to have the same type of advantage he had last time or will spouting fake news work out for him like it did in 2016?