Disinformation
The Far Right Is Falsely Blaming a Trans Woman for the Texas School Shooting
“It tracks with their policies which vilify and harm trans people in the USA. The problem is never gun safety—it’s always something else.”
Toxic Twitter Disinfo Is Bad Enough. Musk Could Make It Even Worse.
Some of the most prolific purveyors of election disinformation on the right seem to think Musk will be their salvation.
The Kremlin Keeps Trying to Call Volodymyr Zelenskyy a Drug Addict
“If Russians believe lies on Russian TV, why not believe this?”
Ebook Services Are Bringing Unhinged Conspiracy Books into Public Libraries
Librarians say Holocaust deniers, antivaxxers, and other conspiracy theorists are being featured in the catalogs of a popular ebook lending service.
Russia’s War on Ukraine Has Thrown Putin’s Favourite Mouthpiece Into Chaos
“The Russian state narrative is absent from the global press now.”
Russia Is Now Claiming the US Trained Birds to Deliver Ukrainian Bioweapons
The Kremlin’s efforts to convince its citizens that Ukraine is the real aggressor are becoming increasingly desperate.
TikTok Just Banned Russians From Uploading Videos
The decision comes just over a day after Putin signed Russia’s new “fake news” law, which carries a punishment of up to 15 years in prison.
QAnon Celebrity Ron Watkins Wrote a Terrible Poem to ‘Prove’ He’s Not Q
The QAnon-host-turned-congressional-candidate can add bad poetry to his resume.
Russia's ‘Idiotic’ Disinformation Campaign Could Still Lead to War in Ukraine
The Kremlin's disinformation campaign is firing on all cylinders, but propagandists keep getting caught out by metadata.
The Decentralization of Disinformation
Milo Yiannopoulos, Alex Jones, and others are off of mainstream platforms but their message is still spreading online.
No More Hiding Behind Fake Social Media Profiles in This Troll-Infested Country
Lawmakers in the Philippines are combatting rampant misinformation by requiring users to register their names and phone numbers with their accounts.