Why false claims about Nancy Pelosi being drunk keep going viral — even though she doesn’t drink
As a partisan fight over the White House coronavirus task force continues to play out in...
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Star of Trump’s 2016 Digital Strategy Fades in Changed World
This spring, Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale gave the operation he had been building for the last...
Social Media Disinformation Discredits Democratic Elections
Currently, the global COVID-19 pandemic, impending economic crisis and national movement against racial...
The social media platform's recent announcement that it will increase resources to remove false claims...
Adam Schiff accuses social media companies of misinformation negligence
Schiff, chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, said Google, which owns YouTube, seemed to rely...
Forum on Disinformation and Election Interference
The George Washington Institute for Data, Democracy, and Politics holds a forum on election...
Anti-vaxxers seize virus moment to spread fake news
The vaccine will inject you with an electronic chip, poison you, make you sick, they say.
There...
Climate Change Deniers Exploit Facebook Loophole to Spread Fake Science
Climate change deniers have spread misleading content on Facebook, exploiting a loophole offering...
Social Media Companies Profiting from Misinformation
While the spread of disinformation through social media presents a general crisis for our democracy,...
Justice Department wants to upend Silicon Valley's legal shield
The Justice Department on Wednesday proposed a sweeping set of policy recommendations seeking to...