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Turning Point Action enlists teenagers in ‘troll farm’ spreading coordinated pro-Trump messaging | The Washington Post
One tweet claimed coronavirus numbers were intentionally inflated, adding, “It’s hard to know what to believe.” Another warned, “Don’t trust Dr.…
Opinion: The Evangelicals Who Are Taking on QAnon | The New York Times
Last month, Seth Brown, the executive editor of the Biblical Recorder, a Southern Baptist newspaper in Cary, N.C., delivered a…
Is Russian Meddling as Dangerous as We Think? | The New Yorker
In the summer of 2017, Nina Jankowicz, a twenty-eight-year-old American, was working in Kyiv as a communications adviser to Ukraine’s…
MisinfoCon Webinar on Police Misinformation | MisinfoCon & MuckRock
Misinformation and disinformation originating from law enforcement sources, which has lately included Antifa raids, brick piles, poisoned milkshakes and more,…
Misinformation, police mistrust stir unrest in Minneapolis | PBS NewsHour
MINNEAPOLIS — After a Black man fatally shot himself on a pedestrian plaza in downtown Minneapolis, rumors of another police…
How a viral photo of USPS collection boxes became a lesson in misinformation | Vox
Beware of what you retweet. Amid a slew of very concerning stories about the state of the US Postal Service,…
More Than 1,000 Companies Boycotted Facebook. Did It Work? | The New York Times
The advertiser boycott of Facebook took a toll on the social media giant, but it may have caused more damage…
Fighting False News in Ukraine, Facebook Fact Checkers Tread a Blurry Line | The New York Times
Facebook hired a Ukrainian group battling Russian disinformation to flag misleading posts. But critics say the fact checkers’ work veers…
What does it Mean to Protest Today? Media Manipulation and the Movement for Black Lives | Shorenstein Center
What does it Mean to Protest Today? Media Manipulation and the Movement for Black Lives, the first workshop in the…