On a recent episode of his livestreamed show, the 22-year-old extremist Nick Fuentes repeated a formula that has won him…
Focus Tag: Trolls
WHO Director-General Attacked on Twitter with CCP-Related Memes | Bellingcat
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
The phone number to report Iowa caucus results was posted on a fringe internet message board on Monday night along…