Tracking Platform Integrity on the Eve of the Election

In April 2024, Free Press released a report on social-media companies’ commitments to 2024 election integrity. We analyzed 12 major technology companies’ readiness to address political disinformation, manipulation and hate on their networks. Free Press scored the companies’ responses (or lack thereof) as either “Adequate,” “Partial,” “Insufficient” or “Fail.” Now, less than a week before Election Day, Free Press has revisited and updated its April analysis. TikTok and X have sent us new responses to our earlier recommendations. Overall, the platforms’ responses to our inquiries have left a lot to be desired, indicating a continued retreat from 2020 commitments to protect U.S. elections, as we reported in late 2023.