Kenosha Homicide Trial Riddled With Disinformation, Weaponized Narratives
Kyle Rittenhouse faces several felony charges for shooting three people in August 2020, killing two of them.
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Travis Scott and Astroworld: Occult Conspiracies Follow Festival Tragedy
Discourse about the tragic deaths of several attendees at Travis Scott’s Astroworld in November 2021 included viral posts claiming that the catastrophe had occult overtones.
NRCC Fundraising Text
A viral October 2021 National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) fundraising text accused recipients of having “abandoned Trump.”
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.
National Kool Aid Day 2021 and Mike Lindell’s ‘Trump Return’ Claim
MyPillow chief executive officer Mike Lindell’s prognostications about August 13 2021 purportedly land on “National Kool-Aid Day.”
Anti-Vaccine Disinformation Campaign Echoes ‘Doctor’s Plot’ Rhetoric
Cynical lies are undermining efforts to reach a population that has already been primed to refuse the COVID-19 vaccine.
SF Gay Men’s Chorus ‘Convert Your Children’ Song
Reactionaries deliberately used a San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus song about how they’ll “convert your children” out of context to spread disinformation.
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.
2020 Arizona Ballots Sent to a Lab in Montana
Partisan, disinformation-driven efforts to “audit” Arizona’s ballots have now shifted to a cabin in Montana.
The ‘Critical Race Theory’ Coordinated Disinformation Campaign
Vague insinuations and apocalyptic handwringing are sure signs of an inauthentically organized media strategy.