Did WitchTok ‘Baby Witches’ Hex the Moon?
Unpacking a viral TikTok rumor that “baby witches” banded together to “hex” the moon (and “the fae.”)
Unpacking a viral TikTok rumor that “baby witches” banded together to “hex” the moon (and “the fae.”)
BabyNames.com published a moving message in support of Black Lives Matter, which quickly went viral and caused server issues.
A Facebook post about the YouTube Channel “Dad, How Do I?” was shared more than half a million times in just six hours on May 19 2020.
As diplomatic tensions dramatically escalate, so too does the propaganda and corrosive disinformation.
In the aftermath of the March 2019 U.S. media frenzy surrounding the Momo challenge, a number of “real Momo videos” have opportunistically surfaced and quickly racked up large share counts. We came across several of …
On January 5, 2018, the Facebook page “Think Liberty” posted this photograph of a woman holding a sign: The sign and caption said: As a juror, you have the right to refuse to enforce any …
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On the evening of January 8, 2019, United States President Donald Trump addressed the nation from the Oval Office on the topic of immigration and what he calls a humanitarian and national security crisis on …
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Every day, a new fake story emerges with the power to affect policy or further corrode relationships, from interpersonal to international. This is corrosive disinformation, as different from garden-variety scams and hoaxes as a molehill …
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In mid-November 2018, the New York Times published a bombshell report about Facebook that convulsed both traditional and social media. The beleaguered site has been at the center of scandal after fake news scandal from …
Facebook Spread Fake News, Hired ‘Trackers’ to Smear Critics Read More »
A man with ties to some of the most violent hate groups in the United States has been arrested and charged with illegal possession of firearms just weeks after his younger brother — also reportedly a …
White Supremacist Arrested After Calling a Domestic Terror Attack ‘a Dry Run’ Read More »