Arturo Garcia

DHS Report Confirms Border Officials’ Surveillance Against Journalists and Activists

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Federal officials say border authorities wrongfully conducted surveillance against journalists and activists crossing between the United States and Mexico — but the United States stopped short of commenting on whether they broke the law in doing so. The Department of Homeland Security’s report addressed a practice first brought to light in a in a March …

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New Book Claims Zuckerberg Let Trump Lie to Avoid Federal Oversight

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A new biography of right-wing tech mogul Peter Thiel claims that, according to him, Facebook chief executive officer Mark Zuckerberg struck a deal allowing Donald Trump and his allies to spread disinformation in exchange for a lack of federal oversight. The claim was first published in Chafin’s book The Contrarian, excerpts of which were adapted into an …

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Right-Wing Disinformation Surges As California Recall Election Unfolds

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As the recall election against California governor Gavin Newsom drew closer to a close, both the leading right-wing candidate and conspiracy theorists continued pushing disinformation painting the process as “rigged” before polls even opened. As NBC News reported, Republican Larry Elder encouraged supporters to visit a website that claimed it had gathered evidence of fraud …

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