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Rumble Mixes Cat Videos With Covid Misinformation. The Right Loves It | Rolling Stone
by Samantha Hissong
January 5, 2022
One day after Georgia representative Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Twitter account was suspended over Covid-19 misinformation, Rand Paul announced that he’s…
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…