Australian Prime Minister’s Bushfire Aid Ad Criticized Amid Flood of Disinformation
Far-right media outlets and online trolls are trying to downplay climate change’s role in widespread destruction across the country.
Far-right media outlets and online trolls are trying to downplay climate change’s role in widespread destruction across the country.
The Republican lawmaker said people pointing out his disinformation were “dim-witted.”
One woman said a border agent asked her parents, “Did you immigrate, or are you a refugee?”
A short-lived disinformation account drew attention by falsely accusing the congresswoman of trying to incite violence.
Users on a 4chan thread traded ideas on spreading memes to “make the Left have to choose.”
The eighteen-second clip was taken out of context from the Democratic Party presidential candidate’s remarks on violence against women.
A popular Facebook post underestimated the success of chains like Farm Stores.
The page also listed the former New York City mayor as a “government official.”
The United States president and his allies could use a Harvard professor’s op-ed as fodder to try to discredit the House impeachment vote.
Years before the HBO dramatization of the reactor meltdown, images from the site drew attention online.