Social Media Platforms Spread Epoch Times’ Iowa Caucus Disinformation
A Twitter spokesperson said the debunked claim did not suppress voting because it did not list the wrong date.
A Twitter spokesperson said the debunked claim did not suppress voting because it did not list the wrong date.
An account appearing to belong to a Texas woman exhorted her friends to block “Zuckerberg’s bots” on her own page.
A strange and initially unlabeled piece of sponsored Facebook public relations material masquerading as editorial content disappeared soon after it was properly labeled.
A popular Facebook post underestimated the success of chains like Farm Stores.
The page also listed the former New York City mayor as a “government official.”
Supporters in Kentucky sent Edwin Tamasese the means to continue his questionable measles “treatments.”
The Twitter account @CCHQPress switched its name and logo to mimic a fact-checking site.
Page administrators reported receiving warnings en masse from the social network.
Several Facebook posts claiming that President Trump was fined for diverting donations intended for veterans to his campaign were marked “false” by Facebook.
The platform uses an opaque process to determine which sites have less reach there — and they’re not revealing anything about it.