‘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 […]
Did Dozens of Massachusetts State Police Resign over Vaccine Mandate? A number of outlets reported that "dozens" of Massachusetts State Police resigned over a mandatory vaccine policy.
‘Covid Killed 47 Out Of Every 100,000 People’ in ‘Counties Where Trump Got over 70 Percent of the Vote’ As COVID-19 continued to rage through the United States in late September 2021, a tweet (later shared to Imgur) claimed that the virus killed 47 out of 100,000 people in counties where former U.S. President Donald Trump received 70 percent or more of the vote versus 10 out of 100,000 in counties where he received 32 […]
Rasmussen: ‘Trump 2024 Would Beat Either Biden or Harris’ On September 24 2021, AmericanMilitaryNews.com published a story headlined, “Rasmussen poll: Trump beating Biden 51%-41% in 2024 presidential poll,” which claimed: Donald Trump would defeat both President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris if the former president decides to run in 2024, a new poll revealed Thursday [September 23 2021]. According to a Rasmussen Reports […]
How to Fight Disinformation — Part III: Distraction It's not just your imagination -- your attention span and energy levels are under attack.
Most Hospitals ‘Legally Have to Forgive Your Medical Bills’ if You Make Under 300 Percent of the Federal Poverty Line A viral TikTok purportedly explains how medical debt can be legally forgiven.
Facebook Data Mining Posts Actor Wil Wheaton and others shared warnings about Facebook data mining, and why seemingly innocuous questions might be more sinister.
New Footage of Capitol Riots Released in September 2021 A ruling enabled the release of previously unreleased video from the January 6 2021 Capitol insurrection, and it did not show a day that was "like an open house."
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 […]
