The Federal Bureau of Investigation warned voters on Tuesday that three instances of fake posts using the federal agency’s logo were spreading false information about the 2024 presidential election. The first was a written post that warned the media not to cover violence at polling stations. “This statement is not authentic, is not from the FBI, and its contents are false,” the FBI said in a news release on Tuesday. Investigators also warned of false videos claiming to be from the federal agency, including one that claimed schools in the U.S. would be closed through Nov. 11 due to a risk of “school shooting and riots” related to the 2024 presidential election. The second video purported to report on “9,000 complaints about malfunctioning voting machines.” The FBI said both videos and their contents were fake. The agency said it was working with local law enforcement to protect the integrity of the electoral process. Although the FBI did not immediately say where the videos originated, the FBI and other federal agencies previously issued a joint statement warning Americans about an increase in Russia-linked disinformation campaigns “raise unfounded questions about the integrity of the US election and stoke divisions among Americans.”
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