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How ‘Coward and Phony’ Tim Pool Became One of the Biggest Political YouTubers on the Planet | Daily Beast
by Robert Silverman
1 day ago
By mid-afternoon of Jan. 4, it had become increasingly clear that a slew of far-right actors were gearing up for…
I’m a Parkland Shooting Survivor. QAnon Convinced My Dad It Was All a Hoax. | Vice
by David Gilbert
6 days ago
Bill’s final semester at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, was already difficult enough. He was part of…
What drives belief in conspiracy theories, a lack of religion or too much? | The Economist
by The Economist
July 28, 2021
Americans who believe in the conspiracy theories collectively packaged as “QAnon” have grown quiet in recent months. They gained international…
VAERS: How to stop misinformation related to the US vaccine database | First Draft
by Lucinda Beaman and Esther Chan
July 27, 2021
If you live outside the United States, you might not be familiar with the country’s Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System.…
The Most Influential Spreader of Coronavirus Misinformation Online | The New York Times
by Sheera Frenkel
July 27, 2021
SAN FRANCISCO — The article that appeared online on Feb. 9 began with a seemingly innocuous question about the legal…
The argument over content moderation is ‘missing context’ | Poynter
by Harrison Mantas
July 22, 2021
President Joe Biden and Facebook’s tête-à-tête over social media companies’ culpability in spreading false information about vaccines raised familiar questions…
The Italian disinformation networks flying under Facebook’s radar | Coda Story
by Mary Steffenhagen
July 22, 2021
In the weeks leading up to Italy’s first Covid-19 lockdown in March 2020, the most widely shared articles on Facebook…
Conspiracy Theories with Jen Roberts | Oregon Humanities
July 21, 2021
The Flat Earth Society. The Illuminati. QAnon. Sometimes it seems like conspiracy theories have been multiplying exponentially, especially in this…
The known knowns, known unknowns, and unknown unknowns of COVID-19 | Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
by W. Ian Lipkin
July 21, 2021
In 2002, while making the case for the US invasion of Iraq to those who asked for evidence of what…