Tag: Rumors and Misinformation

What’s Twitter’s Future? The Former Head of Trust And Safety Weighs In

Regulators have significant tools at their disposal to enforce their will on…

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See Which 2020 Election Deniers and Skeptics Won in the Midterm Elections

Senate House Governor Attorney General Secretary of State More than 210 Republicans…

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How Republicans Fed a Misinformation Loop About the Pelosi Attack

WASHINGTON — Within hours of the brutal attack last month on Paul…

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How Election Lies Took Over the Republican Ticket Nationwide

Hundreds of Republican midterm candidates have questioned or spread misinformation about the…

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Why Alex Jones’s Trial Won’t Stop the Spread of Lies

If it hadn’t been so excruciatingly sad, Alex Jones’s defamation trial might…

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Lawyer Says He Intends to Give Alex Jones’s Texts to House Jan. 6 Panel

WASHINGTON — The lawyer for plaintiffs who are suing the conspiracy theorist…

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On Election Day, G.O.P. Raise Doubts about Arizona Elections

Republican candidates and conservative media organizations seized on reports of voting issues…

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‘I Want You to Hear This’: A Sandy Hook Mother Confronts Alex Jones

AUSTIN, Texas — For 90 searing minutes in a courtroom on Tuesday,…

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How Some Parents Changed Their Politics in the Pandemic

ORINDA, Calif. — They waved signs that read “Defeat the mandates” and…

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