Meta Layoffs Grease the Skids for Election Disinformation
Workers involved in “content reviews” were reportedly the most affected.
Identifying Fake News
Propublica’s Politwoops Archive in Peril — Can It Be Saved?
Fact checkers have long relied on ProPublica’s Politwoops to determine the veracity of tweets.
How to Fight Disinformation — Part V: Resilience Targeting
The potential for hybrid threats lurk in every disaster and narrative in a world being reshaped by a changing climate, but their malign influence can be stopped or slowed with some effort from the public at large.
Twitter Wrongfully Flags Stories on COVID-19 Research as ‘Misleading’
Stories from both a medical news site and The New Yorker were flagged by the platform.
YouTube Targeting ‘Abortion Misinformation’ Post-Dobbs
The social video site announced plans to remove “abortion misinformation” on its platform in July 2022.
Fifth January 6 Hearing Shows Scope of Attempts to Undermine Democracy
Weaponized disinformation and propaganda narratives were used to attempt to degrade the American public’s faith in democracy in tandem with a private pressure campaign.
Disinformation Takes Center Stage at January 6 Committee Hearings
The second set of House hearings focused on the role of false narratives in motivating the United States Capitol insurrection in January 2021.
How to Fight Disinformation — Part IV: Signaling and Dog Whistling
One of the most difficult disinformation techniques to describe is also one of the most straightforward to defeat, which is not to say it is easy.
Anatomy of an Inauthentically Organized Campaign
Disinformation campaigns depend on real-world events to offer an illusion of popularity for unpopular ideas, but they’re easy to spot when you know what to look for.
Wi Spa Weaponized Disinformation Campaign
A viral video followed by far right protests and a brawl is being sold as authentically organized, but people involved are linked directly to known disinformation networks.