Disinformation campaigns use text messages ahead of the 2022 US midterms; in Kansas, voters got texts falsely saying a "yes" vote would protect abortion access (Kevin Collier/NBC News)

Kevin Collier / NBC News:Disinformation campaigns use text messages ahead of the 2022 US midterms; in Kansas, voters got texts falsely saying a “yes” vote would protect abortion access  —  The biggest election disinformation event of the 2022 midterm primaries was not an elaborate Russian troll scheme that played out on Twitter or Facebook.

Disinformation campaigns use text messages ahead of the 2022 US midterms; in Kansas, voters got texts falsely saying a "yes" vote would protect abortion access (Kevin Collier/NBC News)

Kevin Collier / NBC News:
Disinformation campaigns use text messages ahead of the 2022 US midterms; in Kansas, voters got texts falsely saying a “yes” vote would protect abortion access  —  The biggest election disinformation event of the 2022 midterm primaries was not an elaborate Russian troll scheme that played out on Twitter or Facebook.