President Trump’s Tweets Since Election Day 25 tweets Labeling increased after Mr. Trump began making claims about voting fraud. 20 Labeled misleading or disputed 15 12:21 p.m. “STOP THE FRAUD!” […]
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Back to news homeHow Claims of Dead Michigan Voters Spread Faster Than the Facts
The tweets began to arrive Wednesday night, carrying explosive claims that people in Michigan were voting under the names of dead people. Austen Fletcher, a former Ivy League football player […]
‘Stop the Steal’ Facebook Group Is Taken Down
OAKLAND, Calif. — The first post in the new Facebook group that was started on Wednesday was innocuous enough. “Welcome” to Stop the Steal, it said. But an hour later, […]
How One Entrepreneur Changed Her Business Model in the Pandemic
Sarah Figueroa had worked for several years to build a company, called Geojam, that would connect fans at concerts and give sponsors a look at what was working and what […]
Facebook, Alarmed by Discord Over Vote Count, Is Said to Be Taking Action
SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook is planning to enact new measures to make it more difficult for election misinformation to spread virally across its platform, two people with knowledge of the […]
On Election Day, Facebook and Twitter Did Better by Making Their Products Worse
That gust of wind you felt coming from Silicon Valley on Wednesday morning was the social media industry’s tentative sigh of relief. For the last four years, executives at Facebook, […]
Steve Bannon’s show pulled off Twitter and YouTube over calls for violence
Former presidential advisor and right-wing pundit Steve Bannon had his show suspended from Twitter and an episode removed by YouTube after calling for violence against FBI director Christopher Wray and […]
Twitter, Facebook and YouTube Survived Election Day. More Tests Loom.
OAKLAND, Calif. — For months, Twitter, Facebook and YouTube prepared to clamp down on misinformation on Election Day. On Tuesday, most of their plans went off without a hitch. The […]
Twitter hides Trump tweet attacking Supreme Court’s decision on Pennsylvania ballots
In an election eve preview of what to expect in the coming days, President Trump pushed the limits on Twitter’s election-specific policies Monday night. In a tweet, Trump railed against […]
Bridgefy launches end-to-end encrypted messaging for the app used during protests and disasters
Offline-messaging app Bridgefy — which innovatively uses Bluetooth and Wi-fi — became known as the go-to app by thousands of protesters around the world to keep communications going even when […]