The violent insurrection against the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, may prove to be a critical juncture in terms…
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The role of misinformation in Trump’s insurrection | Brookings
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Finally spurred to action by scenes of a disinformation-fueled mob of insurrectionists storming the Capitol, the major US social media…