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The role of misinformation in Trump’s insurrection | Brookings
by Darrell M. West
January 13, 2021
Misinformation is a big part of our current polarization because it is hard to bring the country together when each…
2021 Storming the US Capital | Wikipedia
by Molly White
January 13, 2021
As the news broke on Wednesday that there was a riot at the U.S. Capitol, volunteer #Wikipedia editors worked to…
Capitol riot: Amazon removes Oath Keepers, Three Percenters merchandise | Vox
by Jason Del Rey
January 13, 2021
Amazon said on Tuesday that it had begun taking down product listings for merchandise featuring the logos of two right-wing…
The mob that stormed the capital was its own media | Columbia Journalism Review
by Ian W. Karbal
January 12, 2021
As a mob swarmed the Capitol building on Wednesday, images and videos of the event spread across social media in…
‘Hashtags come to life’: How online extremists fueled Wednesday’s Capitol Hill insurrection | POLITICO
by Tina Nguyen & Mark Scott
January 11, 2021
No one was safe from their anger. White nationalist Proud Boys users on Telegram called the U.S. Capitol Police "f---ing…
The Making of QAnon: A Crowdsourced Conspiracy | Bellingcat
by The Q Origins Project
January 11, 2021
On January 6, chaos descended on Washington D.C. as supporters of President Donald Trump stormed the United States Capitol Building.…
How Trump’s Allies Are Still Defending Him: Denial, Deflection, Disinformation | The New York Times
by Jeremy W. Peters
January 8, 2021
This was one mob they found a way to excuse. Even as scores of President Trump’s usually unfailing loyalists condemned…
Platforms Must Pay for Their Role in the Insurrection | WIRED
by Roger McNamee
January 8, 2021
President Trump and his enablers in government and right-wing media will shoulder the blame for Wednesday’s insurrection at the US…
Platform Ban Round-up: Critics say Too Little, Too Late
by MediaWell Staff
January 7, 2021
Finally spurred to action by scenes of a disinformation-fueled mob of insurrectionists storming the Capitol, the major US social media…