Dominion Voting Systems Faces Enduring Attacks from Far-Right Figures

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As the 2020 presidential election, claims about Dominion Voting Systems spread widely online, with some figures including MyPillow executive Mike Lindell and former Trump supporter Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene pushing unfounded assertions about the company's technology contributing to voter fraud. Despite Dominion's billion-dollar lawsuits against figures like Fox News and Mike Lindell, attacks on the company persist, fueled by conspiracy theories and social media engagement.

Key Takeaways:

  • Nearly two years after the 2020 election, no credible evidence has been presented to any court or authority that voting machines did anything other than count votes accurately and reliably in all states, according to Dominion Voting Systems.
  • Dominion has filed a series of billion-dollar lawsuits against figures including Mike Lindell, Fox News, and Smartmatic, another election software company, for spreading false claims about the company's technology contributing to voter fraud.
  • According to Zignal Labs, a media monitoring company, there have been nearly nine million mentions of Dominion across social media websites, broadcasts, and traditional media since Dominion started suing prominent conspiracy theorists in January 2021.
  • Some of the most widely shared posts came from Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, who tweeted that the lawsuits were politically motivated, and Kari Lake, the former Republican candidate for governor of Arizona, who has advanced voter fraud theories about election machines since her defeat last year.
  • Dominion's lawsuit against Fox News, including its subsidiary, Fox Business, is scheduled to go to trial on April 17.
  • The attacks on Dominion have led to some government officials taking action against the company, including Shasta County, a conservative stronghold in Northern California, which voted to use paper ballots after ending its contract with Dominion.

Statistics:

  • Nearly nine million mentions of Dominion across social media websites, broadcasts, and traditional media since Dominion started suing prominent conspiracy theorists in January 2021; (Zignal Labs)
  • Over 1.4 million of the nearly nine million mentions of Dominion included the word "fraud" or related conspiracy theories; (Zignal Labs)
  • Dominion has filed four lawsuits against figures including Mike Lindell, Fox News, and Smartmatic for spreading false claims about the company's technology contributing to voter fraud; (New York Times)
  • Dominion's lawsuit against Fox News, including its subsidiary, Fox Business, is scheduled to go to trial on April 17; (Source is the original text, without a mention of a specific date)
  • Shasta County, a conservative stronghold in Northern California, voted to use paper ballots after ending its contract with Dominion; (New York Times)

Sources:

  • Dominion Voting Systems (statement)
  • New York Times ( various articles and interviews)
  • Zignal Labs (media monitoring company)
  • Fox News ( various articles and statements)
  • Gateway Pundit (far-right news site)