Disinformation
This Woman Secretly Runs One of the World's Biggest Anti-Vax Websites From Her House
By presenting unverified data as fact, OpenVAERS has become one of the most powerful tools in the anti-vaxxer community.
Instagram Shuts Down Fake Likes Factory
Instagram sent a cease and desist demand to the company, called LikeUp.Me.
Facebook Just Suspended the Accounts of Some of Its Biggest Critics
The Cybersecurity for Democracy project had been tracking vaccine disinformation and revealing how Facebook's political ad program works.
Amazon Is Selling a Bogus ‘Plandemic’ COVID Conspiracy Book in Its ‘Science’ Section
Amazon has listed the book for sale in the “Basic Science” category of its “Medical Books” section.
American Anti-Vax Conspiracies Are Now Running Rampant in West Africa
U.S. pseudoscience is now being shared widely in countries like Togo and Cameroon, making a vaccine hesitancy problem even worse.
Anti-Vaxxers Are Exploiting Christian Eriksen’s Terrifying Collapse
The Danish player's collapse during a Euro 2020 game has been catnip for COVID-19 anti-vaxxers, even though he hasn't been vaccinated.
Brazil's Far-Right Influencers Are Deleting Videos About Fake COVID Cures
Researchers say thousands of COVID hoax videos—some from accounts tied to President Bolsonaro—are disappearing from YouTube after a government probe.
Facebook Says Go Ahead and Speculate Wildly About the Origins of COVID
Facebook just made it way easier to spread conspiracy theories about where coronavirus came from.
Palestinians Have Been Censored on Facebook for Years, But Now It’s Even Worse
Facebook has deflected criticism by blaming technical glitches and setting up a ‘special operations center.’
Anti-Vaxxers Are Ridiculing Trans People With ‘Transvaxxite’ COVID Memes
The transphobic meme is moving from the anti-vax fringe and popping up on more mainstream social media platforms.
Science Had a Misinformation Problem Before COVID. Scientists Want to Fix It
Jevin West and Carl Bergstrom are two scientists studying how the publishing industry pushes misinformation, and how to make it better.
The Next QAnon Conspiracy Could Be Created By Robots
Researchers wanted to see how advanced AI could be used by bad actors to supercharge the spread of disinformation.