disinformation Archives

Snopestionary: Misinformation vs. Disinformation

Both words refer to false information, but one type is more insidious than the other.

Report: Iran-Linked Disinformation Effort Had Personal Touch

A fake Twitter account unmasked by the AP was but one piece of a vast...

Is Facebook Kicking People Out of Groups Who Don’t Participate?

The technology giant has been taking measures to improve "meaningful" interactions on the platform.

Did Canada’s Prime Minister Say Canadians Don’t Need American Farmers Because ‘We Have Grocery Stores’?

Hyperpartisan social media pages and bots used yet another fake quote in order to attempt...

Assad Supporters Plan to Put the ‘Media on Trial’ for Doing Journalism in Syria

A panel of conspiracy theorists plan to gather to discuss whether war reporters should be...

Dennis Kucinich’s Visits to Syrian Dictator Bashar al-Assad Criticized Amid Ohio Governor’s Race

The former representative has a track record of visiting the war criminal president and spreading...

Proof the White Helmets ‘Staged’ a Chemical Attack in Syria?

Images purportedly proving that the White Helmets staged a chemical attack in Syria are actually...

Disinformation and Conspiracy Trolling in the Wake of the Syrian Chemical Attack

Kremlin propaganda led to questions and charges that an attack in the city of Douma...

Did Emma González ‘Admit’ to Bullying the Parkland School Shooter?

Conspiracy theorists tried to discredit the mass shooting survivor (again) by ignoring the suspect's history...

Did the Obama Campaign Employ the Same Tactics as Cambridge Analytica?

Attempts at "whataboutism" with a scandal involving social media and psychographics fail to acknowledge that...

Trump Administration Says No New Russia Sanctions Needed

The State Department allowed a 29 January 2018 deadline to pass without imposing new sanctions...

2017: The Year in Fauxtography

A look back at the year's biggest stories — and the hoax images that followed...