It sounds a little dystopian, I’ll grant. But let’s hear them out.Right now, these experts said, the federal government’s response to disinformation and domestic extremism is haphazard and spread across […]
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Back to news homeFox Settled a Lawsuit Over Its Lies. But It Insisted on One Unusual Condition.
On Oct. 12, 2020, Fox News agreed to pay millions of dollars to the family of a murdered Democratic National Committee staff member, implicitly acknowledging what saner minds knew long […]
A QAnon ‘Digital Soldier’ Marches On, Undeterred by Theory’s Unraveling
Despite these delusions, Ms. Gilbert — a self-described mystic who has written four books, with titles like “Swami Soup” — mostly struck me as a New Age eccentric who could […]
Twitter Removes Over 70,000 QAnon Accounts
SAN FRANCISCO — Twitter on Monday said that it had removed more than 70,000 accounts that promoted the QAnon conspiracy theory in recent days, as the company widened its crackdown […]
What Is Dlive? The Streaming Site Growing in Far-Right Users
But when a user changes the settings to allow “x-tagged” content to be viewed, streams with thousands of viewers discussing the riot at the Capitol quickly dominate the home page. […]
How Trump is Losing his Social Media Platforms
Mr. Trump would still find ways to reach his followers without Facebook and Twitter, of course. There would still be Fox News, Newsmax, OANN and legions of pro-Trump partisans willing […]
The ‘Red Slime’ Lawsuit That Could Sink Right-Wing Media
In an era of brazen political lies, Mr. Mugica has emerged as an unlikely figure with the power to put the genie back in the bottle. Last week, his lawyer […]
From Voter Fraud to Vaccine Lies: Misinformation Peddlers Shift Gears
The change has been particularly evident over the last six weeks. Election misinformation peaked on Nov. 4 at 375,000 mentions across cable television, social media, print and online news outlets, […]
He Pretended to Be Trump’s Family. Then Trump Fell for It.
Josiah Bruns, an engineer from Goffstown, N.H., donated $100. With his donation, he left a comment: “Uncle Rob Trump asked me too.”Mr. Bruns said in an interview that a QAnon […]
QAnon Struggles After Trump Election Defeat
Last weekend, as jubilant Democrats danced in the streets to celebrate the election of Joseph R. Biden Jr. as the country’s 46th president, QAnon believers were on their computers trying […]