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Bill Gates says solving misinformation is now young people's problem
Bill Gates spoke about misinformation in an interview with CNBC this week, saying he has "handed th…
Lauren Edmonds
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'I got it wrong': Anthony Scaramucci shares 4 key reasons why Donald Trump won
Anthony Scaramucci's reasons for Trump's win focus on the economy and Harris' campaign approach. It…
James Faris
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A small number of ‘superspreaders’ are propagating most of the misinformation on Twitter, study finds
Building on our understanding on the spread of misinformation on social media, a team of analysts a…
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The vulnerable GOP congressman convinced that economic interest voters will save him from the Trump and abortion backlash
In Scottsdale, Rep. David Schweikert hopes an old-school GOP approach can help him hold onto a Hous…
Bryan Metzger
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Elon Musk is flexing his wealth and political power unlike any of the richest men before him
Elon Musk is behaving unlike any of the uber-wealthy Americans before him.
Brent D. Griffiths
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Tim Walz hammers JD Vance over the ramifications of the Capitol riot: 'Jan. 6 was not Facebook ads'
Walz and Vance clashed on Jan. 6 during their debate, with the Minnesota governor arguing that he a…
John L. Dorman
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A SCOTUS opinion allowing emergency abortions in Idaho was posted on the court's website and then quickly removed
A spokesperson for the Supreme Court confirmed something had been inadvertently posted online but t…
Brent D. Griffiths
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Barely any of the doctors accused of spreading COVID-19 misinformation were ever disciplined, the Washington Post found
Meanwhile, Republican lawmakers in several states are pushing to make it even harder for their stat…
Katie Hawkinson
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94% of Republicans believe or are unsure of at least 1 falsehood about COVID-19 or the vaccines
62% of Democrats and 79% of independents also either believe or are unsure about at least one commo…
Eliza Relman
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Holocaust survivors demand that Tucker Carlson, GOP lawmakers, and anti-vaccine activists stop comparing their ordeal to COVID-19 mandates and restrictions
For Holocaust Remembrance Day, survivors of Hitler's genocide told Insider that they want anti-vaxx…
Joshua Zitser
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Trump calls Twitter a 'disgrace to democracy' after the platform permanently banned Marjorie Taylor Greene for spreading COVID-19 misinformation
Trump asked his supporters to leave both Twitter and Facebook, stating that the platforms are "a di…
Morgan Keith
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Marjorie Taylor Greene says Facebook suspended her account for 24 hours
"Facebook has joined Twitter in censoring me," Greene wrote in a Monday post on Gettr. "This is bey…
John L. Dorman
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YouTube bans right-wing media personality Dan Bongino permanently from the site: report
A YouTube spokesperson said Bongino was banned for "posting a video while there was an active strik…
Jake Lahut
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Laura Ingraham clapped in celebration while reporting that Gen. Mark Milley, a target for Trump fans, has COVID-19
Milley has long been a hate figure for Trump supporters, and Ingraham seized on news of his COVID-1…
Tom Porter
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GOP Sen. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin, a top foil for Democrats who pledged to only serve for two terms, will run for reelection to a third
The development gives Republicans their preferred candidate in the hotly-contested swing state and …
John L. Dorman
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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene urges Republicans to leave Twitter and says the platform 'attacked our country as a whole' by banning her
Twitter permanently banned the far-right lawmaker from its platform for spreading COVID-19 misinfor…
Oma Seddiq
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COVID-19 conspiracy groups could pivot to pushing climate change misinformation in 2022, experts warn
Conspiracy theorists who mislead about vaccines and lockdowns will "frame" climate policy as a "los…
Joshua Zitser
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GOP's House Judiciary Committee members, led by Rep. Jim Jordan, tweet that booster shots don't work
The House Judiciary Committee's ranking Republican, Jim Jordan, has long pushed misinformation abou…
Tom Porter
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Facebook hit back at Biden, saying the White House is looking for 'scapegoats for missing their vaccine goals'
Biden said Facebook is "killing people" with misinformation weeks after the White House missed its …
Kelsey Vlamis
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Trump-backed Republican, eyeing bid for Pennsylvania governor's office, falsely suggests COVID-19 vaccines are not true vaccines
State Sen. Doug Mastriano, who pushed false claims about the 2020 election, said, "I guess I should…