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QAnon and pro-Trump influencers squabble over money, followers | The Washington Post
by Drew Harwell
January 5, 2022
The far-right firebrands and conspiracy theorists of the pro-Trump Internet have a new enemy: each other. QAnon devotees are livid at…
Anonymous hack of Epik web services reveals who’s behind Proud Boys websites | The Washington Post
by Drew Harwell, Craig Timberg and Hannah Allam
September 22, 2021
Epik long has been the favorite Internet company of the far-right, providing domain services to QAnon theorists, Proud Boys and…
Reddit takes a teach-the-controversy approach to pandemic and vaccines | Ars Technica
by Jon Brodkin
August 27, 2021
Reddit yesterday defended its stance on allowing pandemic misinformation after hundreds of subreddit moderators joined an open letter urging the…
U.S. anti-vaxxers are coming out in support of the Taliban | Coda Story
by Natalia Antelava
August 23, 2021
If you are in Afghanistan at the moment, trying to flee or figure out how to survive, it is safe…
Evidence Collage: Unite the Right Rally | Media Manipulation Casebook
by Brian Friedberg and Joan Donovan
July 7, 2021
In the aftermath of the deadly car attack during the Unite the Right Rally of August 2017, a misidentification of the…
Targeted Harassment: The Ukraine Whistleblower | Media Manipulation Casebook
by Joan Donovan and Brian Friedberg
July 7, 2021
In the fall of 2019, a whistleblower logged a complaint about President Trump’s dealings with Ukraine. A coalition of conservative…
White Boy Summer, Nazi Memes and the Mainstreaming of White Supremacist Violence | bellingcat
by Robert Evans and Garrison Davis
July 1, 2021
The video opens with a tranquil scene of calm lapping waves, accompanied by the song Venice Venture by Big Wild.…
Federal court tosses antitrust suits against Facebook, in huge blow to D.C.’s fight with tech | POLITICO
by Leah Nylen
June 29, 2021
Facebook has 2.7 billion members worldwide, making it the world's largest social network. But Boasberg said prosecutors hadn't done a…
Truth, Lies, and Automation: How Language Models Could Change Disinformation | Center for Security and Emerging Technology
by Ben Buchanan, Andrew Lohn, Micah Musser, and Katerina Sedova
May 21, 2021
Growing popular and industry interest in high-performing natural language generation models has led to concerns that such models could be…