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For all the chaos of the preelection period, there is at least one bright spot: Attempts by foreign actors to sway the U.S. electorate have largely been contained. But that […]
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After a night in which President Donald Trump falsely claimed victory in the presidential election, Facebook has added a notification at the top of Facebook and Instagram feeds saying there […]
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An unidentified robocaller has placed an estimated 10 million calls in the past several weeks warning people to āstay safe and stay home,ā spooking some Americans who said they saw […]
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…when it comes to intimidating voters or inciting social unrest, nothing has had more impact than the constant drumbeat of lies and disinformation from Donald Trump. Years of preparation by […]
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Which states have seen the highest volume of viral misinformation about voting by mail this election season? Those that are most in play between President Trump and Joseph R. Biden […]
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Presented by Knight Foundation, the forum is the premier gathering of foundation, media and civic leaders working to strengthen local news, communities and our democracy. Replicable ideas for more informed […]
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President Trump launched into a tweetstorm in April, banging out nine retweets of the Centers for Disease Controlās account on the dangers of misusing disinfectant and other topics ā two […]
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One month before a purported leak of files from Hunter Biden’s laptop, a fake “intelligence” document about him went viral on the right-wing internet, asserting an elaborate conspiracy theory involving […]
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Late last week, Facebook sent a legal threat to the NYU Ad Observatory, a research project that collects and studies political ads on Facebook. The timing of this threat could […]