Online scammers have a new offer for you: vaccine cards
The coronavirus has made opportunists out of many people, like those who hoarded bottles of hand sanitizer. Now online scammers have latched onto the latest...
‘A total failure’: The Proud Boys now mock Trump
Members of the far-right group, who were among Donald Trump’s staunchest fans when he was president, are now calling him “weak” as more of them...
Millions flock to Telegram and Signal as fears grow over Big Tech
The encrypted messaging services Telegram and Signal have become the world's hottest apps over the last week, driven by growing anxiety over the power of...
Fringe groups splinter online after Facebook and Twitter bans
Tracking what may be planned in the coming days could become even more difficult as fringe groups like armed militias, QAnon conspiracy theorists and far-right...
‘Be there. Will be wild!’: Trump all but circled the date VIEW
Inside Trump supporters’ online echo chambers, the chaos of Jan. 6 could be seen coming. People posted their plans to come to Washington — and...
Violence in nation’s capital is a day of reckoning for social media. Trump’s Twitter, Facebook accounts locked.
Civil rights groups say action by social media companies against calls for political violence was “long overdue.” And even venture capitalists who had reaped riches...
Misinformation amplifiers target Georgia’s two U.S. Senate races
The conservative social media personalities who spread baseless rumors of presidential election fraud are starting to focus on the two upcoming races that will decide...
From voter fraud to vaccine lies: Misinformation peddlers shift gears
With the Electoral College affirming the presidential election, voter fraud misinformation has subsided. Now, peddlers of online falsehoods are ramping up lies about COVID-19 vaccines....
How misinformation ‘superspreaders’ seed false election theories
New research shows how a small group of people — mostly right-wing personalities with outsized influence on social media — helped spread the false voter-fraud...
Watch out for this misinformation on Election Day
Experts who study misinformation and social media companies expect certain rumors to return Election Day. Here are the some of the more common false claims...