“Facebook election turnout: Company says it has already registered 2.5 million Americans to vote.”

Jennifer Grygiel, assistant professor communications in the Newhouse School, was quoted in the USA Today story “Facebook election turnout: Company says it has already registered 2.5 million Americans to vote.” While the numbers may sound great, Grygiel, who studies social media, warns that online voter drives can come with problems. “Social media companies have a lot at stake right now as they face increasing regulation. Their efforts to register voters could be serving corporate goals, and we need to make sure they are not strategically registering voters in a way that could skew the election,” says Grygiel.