Can the Republican Party rein in the conspiracies? Here’s what its history says
Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell took the floor after Donald Trump was acquitted in his second...
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Trump’s False Posts Were Treated with Kid Gloves by Facebook
As users drifted through Facebook in the aftermath of the presidential election, they may have run...
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US President Donald Trump is...
After a ‘post truth’ presidency, can America make facts real again?
A common theme in U.S. inaugural addresses is for the newly sworn-in president to identify what he sees...
Impact of President Trump's Ban From Social Sites
Professor Neil Johnson was interviewed regarding President Trump being banned from Facebook and Twitter...
Facebook Banning Donald Trump Is Too Little Too Late
On Wednesday at Washington’s Capitol, we saw the culmination of what happens when fascism – both online...
Social media companies are already losing the vaccine misinformation fight
Social media companies like Facebook and YouTube have ramped up their policies against coronavirus...
Covid vaccine and mask conspiracies succeed when they appeal to identity and ideology
We all do it to some degree. We adopt perspectives and behaviors because they seem consistent with our...
Vaccine hoaxes are rampant on social media. Here’s how to spot them.
Front-line health workers in the United States begun receiving coronavirus vaccines. But on social...
Doubts about COVID-19 vaccine spread on social media, threatening effort to end pandemic
There is new hope this holiday season as the first COVID-19 vaccines are given to frontline...