# In an op-ed, Center for Business and Human Rights Deputy Director Paul Barrett highlights the potential for disinformation to appear on Instagram during the 2020 election, pointing to the Center's recent research

1 School News September 12, 2019 ![Guardian logo ](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_030939.jpg?itok=g7FgVwid)>

Excerpt from [The Guardian](https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/sep/12/why-instagram-could-be-a-major-site-for-disinformation-in-the-2020-election?CMP=share_btn_tw) -- "Facebook and Twitter received the lion’s share of attention in connection with Russia’s election interference in 2016. But Instagram was more important as a vehicle for disinformation than is commonly understood, and it could become a crucial Russian instrument again next year."

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