On a recent episode of his livestreamed show, the 22-year-old extremist Nick Fuentes repeated a formula that has won him…
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WHO Director-General Attacked on Twitter with CCP-Related Memes | Bellingcat
by Edward Tian
September 2, 2020
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), tweets daily out of WHO headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland.…
Call for Papers: Fake News, Bots and Trolls | DSAA 2020
by DSAA 2020
May 11, 2020
Fake news has become one of the main threats to our society. Although fake news is not a new phenomenon,…
Twitter failing to curb misinformation ‘superspreaders’, report warns | Financial Times
by Hannah Murphy
May 7, 2020
Twitter is failing to rein in “superspreaders” of coronavirus misinformation on its platform, according to research detailing dozens of posts…
Engaging with others: How the IRA coordinated information operation made friends | HKS Misinformation Review
by Darren L. Linvill and Patrick L. Warren
April 9, 2020
We analyzed the Russian Internet Research Agency’s (IRA) 2015-2017 English-language information operation on Twitter to understand the special role that…
The Coronavirus Disinformation System: How It Works | bellingcat
by Bellingcat Investigation Team
March 26, 2020
Besides viruses, what else is terribly contagious? Lies, of course. As the coronavirus pandemic engulfs the world, disinformation associated with…
Greta Thunberg’s Online Attackers Reveal a Grim Pattern | WIRED
by Emma Grey Ellis
March 6, 2020
Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg is 17 years old, legally a minor. Despite her age, in the past week, numerous…
U.S. may balk at trial over Russian interference in 2016 election | POLITICO
by Josh Gerstein
March 3, 2020
The Justice Department signaled Monday that it could back away from plans to put a Russian company on trial next…
Facebook Suspends Accounts in Myanmar, Russia and Iran for Misinformation | WSJ
by Sarah E. Needleman
February 13, 2020
Facebook Inc. said it removed dozens of fake accounts from countries including Myanmar, Iran and Russia that were spreading misinformation,…
‘Clog the lines’: Internet trolls deliberately disrupted the Iowa caucuses hotline for reporting results | NBC
by Ben Collins, Maura Barrett, and Vaughn Hillyard
February 7, 2020
The phone number to report Iowa caucus results was posted on a fringe internet message board on Monday night along…