Former U.S. President Boosts QAnon, 4Chan Disinformation via Truth Social App In late August 2022, Donald Trump began a posting blitz on his embattled Truth Social app.
Fifth January 6 Hearing Shows Scope of Attempts to Undermine Democracy Weaponized disinformation and propaganda narratives were used to attempt to degrade the American public's faith in democracy in tandem with a private pressure campaign.
Third January 6 Hearings Looks at Pressure, Disinformation Campaigns to Overturn Election The June 16 2022 hearing covered Donald Trump's attempts to strongarm former vice president Mike Pence to call the election in his favor.
Three Things to Remember About That Study of Fox Viewers Who Watched CNN Some news outlets failed to note the status and the limits of the April 2022 report.
DirecTV Drops One America News Network From its Lineup On April 5 2022, posts to social media claimed that OAN had been dropped by cable provider DirecTV.
‘Lockdowns Had Little To No Effect On COVID-19 Mortality But Had Devastating Effects On Society’ A February 2022 DailyWire.com article claimed that new research had cast doubt on the effects of "lockdowns," also known as "shelter-in-place" directives.
How to Fight Disinformation — Part IV: Signaling and Dog Whistling One of the most difficult disinformation techniques to describe is also one of the most straightforward to defeat, which is not to say it is easy.
Sen. Rand Paul: ‘Misinformation Works, So Try to Trick Your Opponents’ Video of Sen. Rand Paul (R-Kentucky) apparently advocating the use of misinformation as a messaging strategy resurfaced nearly a decade later.
‘There is No Evidence People Ever Saved Bacon Grease’ Facebook ‘Fact Check’ A viral, misleading Facebook post "joked" that Facebook fact-checkers denied evidence that people ever saved bacon grease or aluminum foil.
How to Fight Disinformation — Part III: Distraction It's not just your imagination -- your attention span and energy levels are under attack.
