Fox News (FOX) and Dominion Voting Systems struck a settlement on Monday, April 19th, 2021, regarding FOX’s coverage of the 2020 presidential election. Dominion Voting Systems sued the network for $1.6 billion in defamation for spreading rumors that the corporation had rigged the election in favor of Joe Biden.
Dominion and Fox News, along with other conservative media sites and people who spread unfounded conspiracy theories about the election, have settled their legal dispute after months of litigation. Although the specifics of the settlement have not been made public, it is safe to assume that Fox News has agreed to pay Dominion Voting Systems a sizeable sum.
Consequences from the 2020 presidential election, in which conservative media and politicians circulated unprecedented levels of misinformation and deception, are still unfolding, and this settlement is a watershed event. In particular, during and after the election, social media and conservative news outlets spread false allegations concerning the security of Dominion Voting Systems’ software and hardware.
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These accusations have been disproved time and time again by cybersecurity experts, election authorities, and even Dominion Voting Systems. But the damage was done, and the bogus story about the company’s alleged complicity in election fraud persisted.
Dominion Voting Systems, which has been fighting back against the false accusations against it since the election, has scored a major win with the settlement with Fox News. Defamation actions have been filed against multiple conservative media outlets, including Fox News, Newsmax, and One America News Network.
The deal, however, is not expected to end the larger scale of deception and misinformation leading up to the 2020 election. Fox News may have been called out for spreading misinformation about Dominion Voting Systems, but plenty of other conservative publications and politicians haven’t learned their lesson.
The spread of misinformation and disinformation poses a significant threat to the health of democracy, and it is critical that steps are taken to address the problem. This includes holding those who spread false claims accountable, as well as investing in media literacy education and other efforts to combat misinformation.
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