As November’s midterm elections approach, The New York Times is looking for examples of online ads, posts and texts that contain political disinformation or false claims and are being deliberately spread on internet platforms to try to influence local, statewide, and federal elections.

Times journalists are hoping to use your tips to advance our reporting. If you see a suspicious post or text, please take a screenshot and upload it with the form below.

What we’re looking for

Social media disinformation. This includes any false information being spread deliberately to confuse, mislead, or influence voters ahead of the 2018 midterm elections. Examples might include:

A Facebook account spreading false information about a candidate for office, or impersonating a candidate

A Twitter post attempting to confuse voters by sharing false information about the election process (for example, by advertising the wrong Election Day, or promoting nonexistent voter ID requirements)

A YouTube channel or Instagram account that uses doctored or selectively edited videos or images to mislead voters about a candidate or issue

A disinformation-based smear campaign against a candidate being organized on Reddit or 4Chan, or in a private Facebook group

A text message with false information to impersonate a candidate or confuse voters

Sketchy digital campaign ads. Since the 2016 election, internet platforms have committed to making political ads more transparent. Facebook, in particular, has taken steps to verify the identities of political advertisers, and to archive political ads in a public database. Have you seen any campaign ads that are not clearly labeled, or don’t seem to have a clear source of funding? Please let us know.

What we’re not looking for

Posts or news stories you don’t agree with. While we agree that social media vitriol can be obnoxious, your uncle’s Facebook post probably is not newsworthy unless he is a paid internet troll, or the post is part of a deliberate disinformation campaign.