Republican politicians and super PACs have been spreading disinformation in Facebook ads targeting Georgia voters in the critical final days…
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Georgia Senate Runoff Targeted by Misinformation ‘Superspreaders’ | The New York Times
As Georgia prepares to hold special elections that will determine which party will control the U.S. Senate, the state has…
The psychology of fairness: Why some Americans don’t believe the election results | The Conversation
The electoral votes have confirmed Joe Biden won the 2020 United States presidential election. The presidential electors gave Biden 306…
Trump assembles a ragtag crew of conspiracy-minded allies in flailing bid to reverse election loss | The Washington Post
With his baseless claims of widespread voter fraud rejected by dozens of judges and GOP leaders, President Trump has turned…
The Campaign Against the Vaccines Is Already Under Way | The Atlantic
Today’s anti-vaccine activists, however, enjoy a speed, scale, and reach far greater than those of Dr. Bond’s day. Bottom-up networked…
Opinion: Fake News Is Affecting Immigrant Communities, Too | The New York Times
In August I was on the phone with my mother, a 70-year-old Korean immigrant, to discuss the upcoming election. In…
How Biden Can Take the High Road on Misinformation | Lawfare
In his last weeks in office, President Trump has dug in his heels on the annual defense spending bill, promising…
Guess which states saw the most election disinformation in 2020 | MIT Technology Review
On November 3, Tina Barton ran into a problem. It was Election Day in the US and Barton, a Republican,…
Local news attention at low ebb after election; few say it spread misinformation or division | Knight Foundation
In a year full of intense news cycles, Americans’ media diets have fluctuated dramatically. Current attention levels to local news…
From Voter Fraud to Vaccine Lies: Misinformation Peddlers Shift Gears | The New York Times
Sidney Powell, a lawyer who was part of President Trump’s legal team, spread a conspiracy theory last month about election…