COVID-19 misinformation was mainly spread online by bots in Facebook groups, study finds
Bots were the primary driver behind the spread of COVID-19 misinformation online, a new study...
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In this episode of Horns of a Dilemma, Henry Hale, professor of political science and international...
Facebook reverses ban on content suggesting Covid-19 is man-made
Facebook has reversed its policy banning posts suggesting Covid-19 emerged from a laboratory amid...
Anti-vaccine movements shift their target to the vaccinated
Myths around infertility, pregnancy and miscarriages have run rampant in anti-vaccine circles for years...
The Gig Economy’s Business Model Is a Racial Justice Issue
As gig economy companies have spent the last year pushing legislation in various states exempting them...
Early online support for Boogaloo Boys followed similar pattern of ISIS, study suggests
A new study from George Washington University suggests that early online support for the extremist...
What the Boogaloo Bois and ISIS Have in Common
One is a militant group that ascribes to religious fundamentalism, has been responsible for terrorist...
How a “new kind of physics” could track down extremists online
I started researching extremist activity online with an Intelligence Advanced Research Projects...
Study: Online support for extremist groups Boogaloo, IS evolved in similar ways
New analysis suggests online support for extremists groups, including the Boogaloos and the Islamic...
Mathematical equation explains the rise of right wing extremist group in the United States
BBC World Service Radio spoke to Neil Johnson about his latest study which compares the growth of...