Pro-Trump Nevada Ad Regurgitates Anti-Obama Immigration Disinformation
The political ad takes aim at Democratic candidate Joe Biden prior to the state’s Democratic caucuses.
Disinformation
‘Pipeline Protesters Out of Gas’ Meme
A Facebook post supposedly shows “pipeline protesters” who ran out of gas on their way to protest.
Did Lyndon B. Johnson Vote Against Civil Rights Legislation for Twenty Years?
A right-wing commentator invoked the former president’s record to cast Democratic Party presidential candidates Bernie Sanders and Michael Bloomberg candidates as racist.
Does an Image Show the Ku Klux Klan Marching with a Trump/Pence Banner?
A photograph, ironically shared by a Facebook page called “The Truth Fairy,” was misleadingly edited.
Did Justin Trudeau Say That ‘Islam is the Only Way to Improve Life in Canada’?
Facebook users are trying to push xenophobic and anti-Muslim memes to recycle old, long-debunked conspiracy theories about the Canadian prime minister.
‘Powerful American Stories Ripped to Shreds by Nancy Pelosi’
Video shared by U.S. President Donald Trump on Twitter appears to show House Speaker Nancy Pelosi tearing up stories of veterans and other Americans.
Angelika Greg-Delany #WalkAway Campaign: ‘I Came From the Soviet Socialist Part of the Ukraine, I Barely Survived’
A viral post made to the “#WalkAway Campaign” group on January 7 2020 conflates socialism and communism in a purported firsthand account from a failing USSR.
Did Nancy Pelosi Violate ’18 Code US 2071 B’ by Tearing Up Trump’s State of the Union Speech?
Social media users spread around a photograph of the House Speaker ripping up U.S. President Donald Trump’s State of the Union speech, claiming that she had violated “18 Code US 2071 B” in the act.
Did Trump Supporters Sabotage the Iowa Caucus Hotlines on Election Night?
Reports placed some blame for the Iowa caucus chaos on prank calls that were organized on sites such as Reddit and 4chan, but some readers inferred that those calls were the cause of it all.
Social Media Platforms Spread Epoch Times’ Iowa Caucus Disinformation
A Twitter spokesperson said the debunked claim did not suppress voting because it did not list the wrong date.
