‘Facebook’s Top Ten’ on Twitter Abruptly Changes On September 28 2021, a single tweet from the “Facebook’s Top 10” Twitter account became notable not for what it showed, but for what it didn’t: The top-performing link posts by U.S. Facebook pages in the last 24 hours are from: 1. Insider2. CNN3. CNN4. Occupy Democrats5. The New York Times6. The Onion7. Peachy Sunday8. […]
DHS Report Confirms Border Officials’ Surveillance Against Journalists and Activists 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 […]
New Book Claims Zuckerberg Let Trump Lie to Avoid Federal Oversight 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 […]
Right-Wing Disinformation Surges As California Recall Election Unfolds 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 […]
CA Recall Election Disinformation Roundup In the lead up to the California gubernatorial recall election of September 14 2021, the usual disinformation purveyors went into high gear, poisoning the well with wall-to-wall claims of perfidy and election theft. Overall, the California recall and its elements were far-reaching, so we have broken this page up into parts. What’s the Deal with […]
California Officials Attempt to Quell Confusion Around Gubernatorial Recall Election California Gov. Gavin Newsom's tenure in office could end in September 2021.
Comedian’s Spoof Interview as ‘Flight Attendant’ Spreads Virally on Facebook Watch Facebook Watch clips can rake in millions of views, which was the case with an RTÉ 2 clip of a phony interview by a YouTube comedian.
San Diego Sheriff Admits No Doctor Verified ‘Overdose’ Claim in Viral Video Medical experts have called on news outlets to correct their reporting on the video.
4Chan’s /Pol/ Seeks to Sow Discord With #AskMeWhy Users of /pol/ devised a campaign to hijack vaccination efforts with the hashtag #AskMeWhy.
News Organizations Uncritically Spread Sheriff’s Fentanyl ‘Overdose’ Video Medical groups have flatly said that it is impossible to overdose by touching the substance.
