The widespread use of WhatsApp and WeChat among growing Houston-area Asian communities may leave them uniquely susceptible to political misinformation ahead of the 2022 midterm elections, community members and researchers say.
As the midterms approach, growing Asian immigrant populations in Greater Houston are subject to political misinformation on direct messaging apps, community members and researchers say.how trusted community forums WeChat and WhatsApp can be used to spread misinformation about politics and elections.
During the Black Lives Matters protests, for example, researchers saw a large amount of misleading content on WeChat that used fear-mongering tactics to make families feel unsafe, Glover said. Some new Chinese immigrants do not have any experience with elections, which leads them to avoid politics altogether or believe that voting does not make a difference, Chen said. Language barriers also play a part as most mainstream American outlets and government departments do not translate their materials into Mandarin.Gov.
“We have speciality groups like, as an example, Tesla enthusiasts, solar panel infrastructure people, Hinduism groups and Americans for Hindus,” Gubba said, including some politically-focused chats, such as one for Hindu American Republicans.“I try to help them out, communicating to people, you know, ‘Get out and have a voice. Do research and pick and choose and vote for people,’” he said.
While the research memo did not address the Pakistani community, local advocates said that group also is vulnerable to political misinformation circulating on platforms like WhatsApp.
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