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“Operation My Fellow Jews:” 4chan’s Campaign to Spread Antisemitism on Twitter | Media Manipulation Casebook
by Kaylee Fagan
November 16, 2021
On Aug. 16, 2019, an anonymous user posted to 4chan’s Politically Incorrect board calling upon fellow 4chan users to impersonate Jewish people online…
Facebook News Consumers Are More Anti-Vaccine Than Fox Viewers | Gizmodo
by Whitney Kimball
July 29, 2021
Joe Biden might want to consider re-backpedaling after his accusation that social media companies [Facebook] are “killing people” by spreading…
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 Life Cycle Of A COVID-19 Vaccine Lie | NPR
by Geoff Brumfiel
July 20, 2021
Misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines can appear almost anywhere: From an uncle's social media post to a well-trusted news commentator. But…
Confronting Health Misinformation: A Discussion with the Surgeon General on Building a Healthy Information Environment | Stanford Internet Observatory
July 15, 2021
Join the Stanford Internet Observatory for a conversation with US Surgeon General Vivek H. Murthy, MD, MBA, where he will discuss slowing…
The Abortion-Breast Cancer Myth: A Cloaked Science Case Study | Media Manipulation Casebook
by Irene Pasquetto and Jennifer Nilsen
July 15, 2021
Since the 1970s, before there was an internet to spread disinformation, activists in the anti-abortion movement have promoted the falsehood that there…
Opinion: Miracle Cures and Magnetic People. Brazil’s Fake News Is Utterly Bizarre. | The New York Times
by Vanessa Barbara
July 6, 2021
SÃO PAULO, Brazil — Hydroxychloroquine is not effective against Covid-19. No. Definitely not. But Brazilians still aren’t sure. After all,…
How China Spreads Its Propaganda Version of Life for Uyghurs | ProPublica
by Jeff Kao, Raymond Zhong, Paul Mozur, and Aaron Krolik
June 24, 2021
Recently, the owner of a small store in western China came across some remarks by Mike Pompeo, the former U.S.…
How tactics to fight climate change disinformation are evolving | Science News
by Carolyn Gramling
May 20, 2021
Over the last four decades, a highly organized, well-funded campaign powered by the fossil fuel industry has sought to discredit…