Politics Nov 05 False claims of Wisconsin voter fraud rely on wrong numbers One tweet that went viral relied on outdated figures from 2018 to wrongly claim that the number of votes cast in the state exceeded the number of registered voters.
Nation Nov 03 Pennsylvania emerges as online misinformation hot spot Misleading claims have spread for hours on social media about polling machine outages in Scranton and a poll worker destroying ballots cast for President Donald Trump.
Politics Aug 14 Trump advances false, racist Harris conspiracy President Donald Trump on Thursday gave credence to a false and racist conspiracy theory about Kamala Harris’ eligibility to be vice president, fueling an online misinformation campaign that parallels the one he used to power his rise into politics.
Politics Jul 28 WATCH: Trump defends disproved COVID-19 treatment The Trump administration will begin allowing so-called “Dreamer” immigrants to renew their permits to remain and work in the U.S. for a year while it reviews a Supreme Court ruling.
Nation Jul 05 Facebook groups pivot to attacks on Black Lives Matter A loose network of Facebook groups that took root across the country in April to organize protests over coronavirus stay-at-home orders has become a hub of misinformation and conspiracy theories that have pivoted to a variety of new targets. Their…
Politics Jun 13 AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s law and order and misinformation Trump's week of law and order rhetoric came with heavy doses of misinformation as he stretched to blame unrest on radical leftists and to put three loaded words — “defund the police” — in the mouth of a Democratic rival…
Politics Apr 21 Virus misinformation flourishes in online protest groups A wave of Facebook groups launched by pro-gun advocacy groups and conservative activists has mobilized people to protest stay-at-home orders in states around the country. There's little basis in reality for many of the claims on the sites.
Politics Apr 03 Trump administration tries to narrow stockpile’s role for states Already facing growing anger and worry from governors over federal assistance to fight the coronavirus outbreak, the Trump administration on Friday abruptly changed its description of the Strategic National Stockpile and put forward a narrower vision of the role the…
Politics Mar 05 Facebook drops Trump ads after Pelosi cites census confusion The decision came Thursday, hours after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi criticized Facebook for the ads, saying people would confuse the survey with the once-a-decade head count.
Politics Feb 14 Facebook to allow paid political messages that it says aren’t ads Its policy change comes days after presidential candidate Mike Bloomberg exploited a loophole to run such humorous messages promoting his campaign on the accounts of popular Instagram personalities followed by millions of younger people.