As election conspiracy theories strayed far afield, a wild and baseless rumor that U.S. Army Special Forces (“the Kraken”) raided a “CIA server farm” in Frankfurt, Germany spread from social media corners into the national discourse.
A post claiming that the far right social media pundit “won a huge lawsuit against Facebook fact-checkers” ironically exemplifies the objective of the Facebook initiative.
A screenshot of a months-old Reddit comment about the cost of cancer care spread across social media platforms.
Bobby Piton came to widespread attention on sites like Parler and Twitter, the latter of which allegedly suspended his account after his “testimony” at an Arizona Hyatt.
A Scottish artist’s tweet brought Adriano Celentano’s “Prisencolinensinainciusol” back into the spotlight.
Salem Health confirmed that an oncology nurse was placed on administrative leave after she posted a video about flouting masks and ignoring physical distancing recommendations.
A scene from a 2003 made-for-television film took on new life on Twitter after the 2020 elections.
A CNBC/Change Research poll cited by Breitbart suggested that only a small number of Trump voters are not crying foul at his decisive loss in the presidential election.
A post on TheDonald.win claimed that more people had “died of suicide” in 2020 than of COVID-19.
Like their American counterparts, European hate groups used the platform to recruit “without interference.”
