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As the Jan 6. hearing aired, Fox News ran an ad-free Tucker Carlson show pushing the debunked claim the riot was an FBI plot
In the edition of his show broadcast during the Jan 6 hearings, Carlson sought to discredit them us…
Tom Porter
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Trump's spokesperson responded to the scathing Jan. 6 hearing by pumping out voter-fraud conspiracy theories
Trump's allies have continued to relentlessly promote the election fraud disinformation that fuelle…
Tom Porter
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Michael Flynn said in a secretly recorded call that he thinks QAnon is a 'disinformation campaign' and 'total nonsense'
Flynn reportedly shared a baseless guess that QAnon is really a CIA disinformation campaign to make…
Sonam Sheth,Eliza Relman
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Trump's PAC baselessly claims Brian Kemp's 52-point victory in Georgia governor primary was because of fraud
Trump's PAC shared an article with supporters claiming that the only way Trump's endorsed candidate…
Tom Porter
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False claim the Texas school shooter was trans spread from 4chan and was quickly pushed by GOP influencers
The false claim the Uvalde shooter was trans spread from messaging board 4Chan to the social media …
Tom Porter
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Trump told rally-goers he's writing a book called 'The Crime of the Century' about the lie that the presidency was stolen from him
"I don't think you'll enjoy it. You'll be very depressed when you read it, but we want to have it d…
Matthew Loh
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Trump confirms he ordered a cyberattack on a notorious Russian troll farm during the 2018 midterms
Trump confirms the US launched a cyberattack on the Internet Research Agency, an infamous Russian t…
Isobel Asher Hamilton
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Tucker Carlson 'would be prohibited' in Moldova, a disinformation expert said, as the Ukrainian refugee-filled country battles Russian propaganda to level the media playing field
In Moldova, the government has banned news broadcasts from Russia and public displays of the pro-wa…
Charles R. Davis
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US officials believe Russia launched a disinformation campaign against the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to boost the status of its own: Report
US intelligence officials believe this effort to undermine the Pfizer vaccine is a way to bolster t…
Yelena Dzhanova
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Ukrainian official claims southern offensive was 'disinformation' to distract Russia from real offensive in Kharkiv
UK intelligence said Ukraine has made gains in Kharkiv and that Russian forces had appeared to retr…
Alia Shoaib
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Russia is promoting 'outlandish and ridiculous' propaganda about the killings in Bucha, fact-checkers say
Videos showing suspected Russian war crimes in the Ukrainian town of Bucha flooded social media. Ru…
Connor Perrett
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I bust fake news for Snopes. Here's how I spot viral hoaxes, photoshops, 'deepfakes,' and misinformation.
With training and a careful eye, social media users can help stop the spread of false information —…
Madison Dapcevich
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Facebook is facing a much more black-and-white content battle against Russian misinformation than it has with the pandemic and 2020 US presidential election, expert says
Facebook won't field as many cries of censorship during Russia's war on Ukraine as the unprovoked a…
Katie Canales
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An anonymous Twitter account built 60,000 followers translating Chinese propaganda about the Ukraine war and is setting off an international firestorm
The Great Translation Movement is run by anonymous "whistleblowers" translating popular pro-Russia …
Weilun Soon
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A journalist who conducted Trump's latest interview was disowned by The Hill and Fox News after pushing disinformation about the Bidens and Ukraine
John Solomon was one of the architects of Trump's disinformation campaign about the Bidens in Ukrai…
Tom Porter
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Ted Cruz's friends and advisers ditched him over his attempts to help Trump overturn the 2020 election, report says
Cruz faced a backlash from his circle for supporting Donald Trump's attempt to cling on despite los…
Tom Porter
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Russia's wild theories about secret bio-labs and 'crisis actors' in Ukraine are crafted to appeal to US conspiracists, experts say
Russia is refining its disinformation playbook by pushing conspiracy theories that the victims of a…
Tom Porter
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A Russia-linked hacking group broke into Facebook accounts and posted fake footage of Ukrainian soldiers surrendering, Meta says
Meta said it had detected and intercepted two disinformation campaigns spreading fake news about th…
Isobel Asher Hamilton
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'Real Catholics can't be Democrats': Right-wing disinformation campaigns are targeting Latinos in Spanish Facebook and WhatsApp groups
Spanish-language Facebook and Whatsapp group users have reported seeing false claims about 2020 pre…
Allana Akhtar
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'What it looks like when the rule of law unravels:' Liz Cheney fired back at Newt Gingrich for suggesting jailing members of the Jan 6 panel
Gingrich in an op-ed called on House Republicans to take action against members of the committee in…