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 »
Special Counsel Robert Mueller has referred a possible scam to the Federal Bureau of Investigation after a number of reporters were contacted by someone apparently shopping a story about him sexually assaulting unidentified women: 13 …
Special Counsel’s Office Asks FBI to Investigate Smear Scheme Read More »
On October 18th, 2018, United States President Donald Trump fired off a volley of tweets about a large caravan of people wending their way from Honduras to the southern United States border: These statements were …
The Truth About the Migrant Caravan Approaching the United States Read More »
Imagine, if you will: A presidential election in which even the most basic facts are riddled with confusing disinformation, a far-right candidate appealing to authoritarians and repulsing many women with misogynistic comments, and connections to …
Brazil Holds Election Amid Disinformation, Propaganda Crisis Read More »
The “Star Wars” franchise was not immune from the sort of controversy that has seeped into every tiny nook and cranny of the American public discourse, thanks to the ubiquity of social media and those …
Bots, Trolls Propelled Faux ‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ Controversy Read More »
October 2018 opened with confusion among the American political set over an investigation into Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh after multiple women publicly accused him of sexual assault. One woman, California psychology professor and Stanford …
Did a Veteran Sex Crimes Prosecutor Say Christine Blasey Ford ‘Has No Case’? Read More »
Fake news can vary widely in quality and believably from source to source, but quite often identifying it is as easy as taking a moment to learn who is behind a that particular website or …
Identifying Fake News Series: ‘Contact Us’ Pages Read More »
On March 4, 2018, the quiet and picturesque British town of Salisbury was rocked by the discovery of former Russian military officer Sergei Skripal and his 33-year-old daughter Yulia Skripal foaming at their mouths on …
Investigative Journalists: Russian Agents Were Responsible for Britain Poisonings Read More »
For the last several years, we have been hearing about foreign governments subverting United States elections using sophisticated teams that create fake stories and circulate them on social media. While foreign governments and large teams …
Identifying Fake News Series: Fake News Generators Read More »
As the political fervor roiled around sexual assault accusations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh in September 2018, a number of explanations and excuses for his purported behavior appeared even before the details of the …
