Normandale Park Mass Shooting
Following a mass shooting in Portland, Oregon on February 19 2022, disinformation and subsequent threats proliferated on social media.
Following a mass shooting in Portland, Oregon on February 19 2022, disinformation and subsequent threats proliferated on social media.
As a number of states endured winter storms and power outages in February 2021, claims started popping up that law enforcement in Portland, Oregon was guarding discarded food.
During the September 29 2020 presidential debate, Donald Trump claimed the “Portland sheriff” endorsed him; the Multnomah County Sheriff disagreed.
Escalating tensions and questions about individuals in military uniforms led to a Facebook rumor that Blackwater private contractors were in Portland, Oregon.
A South Carolina journalist’s work was recirculated online without the necessary context.
A journalist’s footage from ongoing protests in Portland brought back to light a legal loophole concerning the use of chemical weapons.
Dueling protests became dueling narratives in Portland, Oregon on June 29 2019 when clashes erupted between Proud Boys attendees and anti-fascist demonstrators, quickly devolving into rumors that milkshakes thrown at one person contained one or more damaging or caustic substances — including quick-dry concrete, quicklime, and caustic chemicals. Rumors to that effect were spread by the verified Portland …