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.
Kyle Rittenhouse faces several felony charges for shooting three people in August 2020, killing two of them.
Screenshots of an apparent news article reporting that Kyle Rittenhouse’s lawyer used “the n-word twice in court” were decoupled from their source.
A fake Fox News article spread in screenshot form, falsely claiming that a Kenosha car dealer had died by suicide after sustaining $2.5 million in damages during recent protests in Wisconsin.
A viral screenshot purportedly showed commentary from one of the lawyers defending a teenager charged with killing two protesters and wounding a third in Kenosha, Wisconsin.
A famous 1967 cartoon about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. gained new attention in August 2020.
A viral Facebook post claims that one of two men killed in Kenosha, Wisconsin during August 2020 protests was shot by the suspect “multiple times.”
The President of the United States pushed yet another false story prior to visiting the Wisconsin city.
At least one employee voiced concern that white supremacist content still “reeks” across the platform.
In the wake of a shooting at a Kenosha protest, rumors circulated that the father of accused shooter Kyle Rittenhouse father was “Deputy Rittenhouse” of the Kenosha County sheriff’s department.
The alleged gunman was arrested and charged the morning after.