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Trump needs Twitter. Twitter needs Trump. Who needs who more?

The clash between President Trump and Twitter reached new heights over the past few days. Twitter...

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A map of anti-vaxxer Facebook users shows how they're better targeting neutral parties in the dangerous war against vaccine supporters on social media, according to a new study

Anti-vaxxers have been waging a campaign against vaccines on social media for years, but now that we're...

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Trump signs order on social media companies

KAET-PBS, Phoenix, spoke to Ethan Porter, assistant professor of media and public affairs regarding...

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Trump campaign is creating an alternate reality online about coronavirus

The Trump administration’s mishandling of key moments in the novel coronavirus outbreak has...

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Experimental Covid shots inject anti-vaccine sentiments

As the global hunt for a Covid-19 shot progresses on an unprecedented speed, anti-vaccine sentiments...

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Misinformation, conspiracy theories run rampant online during COVID-19 pandemic

From 5G cell towers to billionaire Bill Gates, conspiracy theories and misinformation have run rampant...

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The epic battle against coronavirus misinformation and conspiracy theories

In the first few months of 2020, wild conspiracy theories about Bill Gates and the new coronavirus...

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Twitter-Trump clash intensifies political misinformation battle

President Donald Trump's threat to shut down social media companies after Twitter labeled two of his...

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Will Twitter ever remove one of Trump’s inflammatory tweets?

For the first time, Twitter has added a fact-check label to a tweet by President Donald Trump that...

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We Don’t Even Have a COVID-19 Vaccine, and Yet the Conspiracies Are Here

When a woman in Seattle volunteered for a COVID-19 vaccine trial, rumors began circulating that she was a crisis actor who had received a fake vaccine.