‘Mask of the Beast’
A questionable photograph’s spread shows how disinformation is laundered across social media.
A questionable photograph’s spread shows how disinformation is laundered across social media.
A right-wing talk radio host tried to gin up outrage against the former United States president with a photo of a whole other prescription.
Dr. Brian Procter gained attention on both Facebook and YouTube for his “aggressive outpatient regimen.”
After Jeffrey Epstein’s companion was arrested, a viral Facebook post compared her to a purported sketch of “Madeleine McCann’s female abductor.”
A longtime conspiracy theorist tried to regurgitate disinformation around anti-fascist protesters in order to smear the Black Lives Matter movement.
Screenshots of a Facebook post purportedly showing a crowded beach in North Carolina appeared along with laments about failure to implement social distancing.
Far-right disinformation purveyors tried to associate the movement with an incident at a St. Louis protest.
A virulent strain of disinformation about “antifa” renting moving trucks in order to invade “residential areas” appeared to be sparked by white supremacists posting as anti-fascists.
No — but this “friend of a friend” anti-mask tale has been spreading like wildfire on Facebook.
In mid-June 2020, the following meme circulated on Facebook and Instagram, purportedly a screenshot of a Facebook post by a woman claiming she was “beaten and raped” by three people of color at a Black Lives Matter protest: Alongside three hashtags (#endpolice, #defundthepolice, and #blacklivesmatter) was a closely cropped photograph of a woman with a …