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.
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.
Graphika’s report finds that suspected Russian agents pushed ‘Stop the Steal,’ other anti-democratic narratives.
Secure messaging app Signal claimed that Facebook refused to run a series of ads it purchased to illustrate the depth of advertiser access to user data.
Composer @DannyKBernstein’s catchy “Antifa Hoedown” went viral on TikTok and elsewhere in early 2021.
A suspended GoFundMe campaign was not authorized by Bell; she validated a separate active campaign as legitimate.
After losing the presidential election to Democratic Party candidate Joe Biden, Donald Trump first spread several baseless conspiracy theories before denying the results of the election outright.
Inflammatory and corrosive rhetoric is being laundered via social media commentary from fringe sites into the mainstream at a time of increasing uncertainty and instability.
The emails purport to be from the Proud Boys, but the group denies involvement.
A story about incriminating emails and other materials found on a laptop that may or may not actually have belonged to Hunter Biden relies heavily on innuendo and paper-thin sourcing.
A tweet observing that “Thursday, October, and 8:00pm are all the same” proved wildly popular — but why?