Is Facebook Kicking People Out of Groups Who Don’t Participate?
18 January 2019 - The technology giant has been taking measures to improve "meaningful" interactions on the platform.
Tagged "disinformation"
Did Canada’s Prime Minister Say Canadians Don’t Need American Farmers Because ‘We Have Grocery Stores’?
22 June 2018 - Hyperpartisan social media pages and bots used yet another fake quote in order to attempt to drum up criticism against Canada's leader.
Assad Supporters Plan to Put the ‘Media on Trial’ for Doing Journalism in Syria
3 May 2018 - A panel of conspiracy theorists plan to gather to discuss whether war reporters should be considered terrorists.
Dennis Kucinich’s Visits to Syrian Dictator Bashar al-Assad Criticized Amid Ohio Governor’s Race
26 April 2018 - The former representative has a track record of visiting the war criminal president and spreading conspiracy theories about Syria.
Proof the White Helmets ‘Staged’ a Chemical Attack in Syria?
19 April 2018 - Images purportedly proving that the White Helmets staged a chemical attack in Syria are actually stills from a movie set.
Disinformation and Conspiracy Trolling in the Wake of the Syrian Chemical Attack
12 April 2018 - Kremlin propaganda led to questions and charges that an attack in the city of Douma that killed scores of civilians was a hoax.
Did Emma González ‘Admit’ to Bullying the Parkland School Shooter?
28 March 2018 - Conspiracy theorists tried to discredit the mass shooting survivor (again) by ignoring the suspect's history of disturbing behavior.
Did the Obama Campaign Employ the Same Tactics as Cambridge Analytica?
22 March 2018 - Attempts at "whataboutism" with a scandal involving social media and psychographics fail to acknowledge that Cambridge Analytica obtained data by misleading people.
Trump Administration Says No New Russia Sanctions Needed
29 January 2018 - The State Department allowed a 29 January 2018 deadline to pass without imposing new sanctions authorized in an August 2017 bill signed by President Donald Trump.
2017: The Year in Fauxtography
29 December 2017 - A look back at the year's biggest stories — and the hoax images that followed at their heels.
Facebook Introduces Measure to Block Advertisements From Sites That Share Fake News
28 August 2017 - The social media giant announced a new measure for penalizing web sites that post fake news.
South Korean Spy Agency Confirms Efforts to Sway Country’s 2012 Election
6 August 2017 - The National Intelligence Service admitted to using "extra-departmental teams" to drum up support for conservative Park Geun-hye, who later resigned amid corruption charges.
