Mexican election: saturation robo-calls spreading disinformation about Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador
by Cory Doctorow from on (#3SGJ1)
Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador the front-running candidate for president of Mexico on a largely progressive ticket (tuition breaks, increased aid to seniors, drug war amnesty, though it's a mixed bag, reflecting the weird coalition of left-wing and right-wing parties he's fronting); and he is the target of a bizarre, mass-scale disinformation campaign being carried out by blanket robo-calling. (more")