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AP News Experts expect a surge of misinformation targeting Spanish-speaking voters with a high-stakes presidential election in the fall as candidates vie for support from the rapidly growing number of Latino voters. In Arizona, an important swing state, one radio network is leading an effort to empower Latino voters by discussing election misinformation and fact-checking conspiracy theories on air. Read more.

Latinos have grown at the second-fastest rate, behind Asian Americans, of any major racial and ethnic group in the U.S. since the last presidential election, according to a Pew Research Center analysis. Latino voters are being heavily courted by Republicans and Democrats in several presidential and congressional battleground states, including Arizona, California and Nevada. Much of the information Latinos consume is audio-based, or on social media platforms such as WhatsApp and YouTube. Content moderation efforts in Spanish are limited on these platforms, which are seeing a rising number of right-wing influencers peddling falsehoods about immigration, inflation and abortion rights, often exploiting the traumas and fears of specific communities