Over half of Facebook’s anti-vax content comes from just 100 accounts
A study from the social media site attempts to find what causes users to become hesitant of vaccines.
On Mar 16, 2021 by Mikael Thalen
Twitter troll who shared misleading voting memes in 2016 charged with election interference
Authorities allege that Douglass Mackey spread memes that were intended to discourage people to vote.
On Jan 27, 2021 by Andrew Wyrich
The missing Pelosi laptop is the perfect cover for disinformation
Forged leaks are already appearing online, and many more may be coming.
On Jan 14, 2021 by Mikael Thalen
YouTube is struggling to keep COVID-19 vaccine conspiracies off its site
The second suggested result in search is ‘covid vaccine mutant side effects.’
On Dec 10, 2020 by Claire Goforth
Facebook failed to flag a bunch of Georgia election misinformation, study says
The posts reached thousands of people, according to Avaaz.
On Dec 4, 2020 by Andrew Wyrich
Eric Trump tries to spread misinformation yet again—it backfires
Eric’s tweet is just the latest false remark he’s made concerning the 2020 election.
On Nov 28, 2020 by Mikael Thalen
Twitter’s ‘This claim is disputed’ label becomes a meme
This meme is disputed.
On Nov 17, 2020 by Siobhan Ball
Trump’s misleading ‘hereby’ claim blew up on Facebook
Despite warning label, Trump’s claim he won Pennsylvania is the most popular post on Facebook
On Nov 5, 2020 by Andrew Wyrich
Philadelphia is already a hotbed of Trump supporters’ misleading voting claims
Philadelphia officials are trying combat some claims online.
On Nov 3, 2020 by Libby Cohen
Here’s how Twitter will handle 2020 candidates declaring premature victory
Twitter showed how it will label election misinformation posts.
On Nov 2, 2020 by Andrew Wyrich
Former Trump official mocks Biden for not wearing a mask—with pre-pandemic pic
A lot of people pointed out that Richard Grenell was using a year-old photo to try and make his point.
Jack Dorsey doesn’t exactly know Twitter’s policy on Holocaust denial
Twitter recently said Holocaust denial would violate its hateful conduct policy.
On Oct 28, 2020 by Andrew Wyrich
Why experts are suspicious of the New York Post’s Biden email story
‘Exactly how a professional would surface disinformation and potentially forgeries.’
On Oct 14, 2020 by Mikael Thalen
Facebook announces ban for anti-vax ads
The announcement builds upon an already existing policy.
On Oct 13, 2020 by Andrew Wyrich
Twitter is making some big changes to fight election misinformation
The new changes will ‘further reduce the visibility of misleading information,’ Twitter says.
On Oct 9, 2020 by Andrew Wyrich
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