Poll: Majority Worry About 2020 Foreign Meddling

ERIC TUCKER and EMILY SWANSON / The Associated Press Jun 19, 2019 An Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll shows 63% of citizens have major concerns about election tampering. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

This Is How War With Iran Is Manufactured

Ilana Novick / Truthdig Jun 10, 2019 The United States is basing foreign policy on articles by an activist who may be fake. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Facebook Bans Israeli Company Over Election-Disruption Campaigns

ISABEL DEBRE and RAPHAEL SATTER / The Associated Press May 16, 2019 The social media platform purges accounts of Archimedes Group, a political consulting and lobbying firm that claims it can "change reality." Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

U.S. Measles Cases Jump to Highest Level in 25 Years

MIKE STOBBE / The Associated Press Apr 24, 2019 The resurgence, involving nearly 700 cases so far this year, is attributed to misinformation that is turning parents against vaccines. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Facebook Partners With Notorious Far-Right Site The Daily Caller on Fact-Checking

Ilana Novick Apr 18, 2019 The conservative site has published work by white supremacists. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Myanmar Military Used Facebook to Incite Violence Against the Rohingya

Ilana Novick Oct 15, 2018 Ethnic cleansing against a minority group was helped by social media. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Facebook, Twitter Vow to Combat Foreign Intrusion

MARY CLARE JALONICK and BARBARA ORTUTAY / The Associated Press Sep 5, 2018 Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg and Twitter's Jack Dorsey tell a Senate panel that their platforms plan to use new technologies to combat abuses ahead of the November midterm elections. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

After Texas School Massacre, Facebook Trolls Spread Disinformation

Ilana Novick May 19, 2018 Already under fire for fake content, the social media company’s response after Friday’s tragedy shows it is still not prepared to deal with the problem. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Building a More Equitable World, One Story at a Time

Eric Ortiz, Chaumtoli Huq and Elbert Garcia Apr 9, 2018 Can community newsrooms—media powered by the people, for the people—rebuild public trust in the news? Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Fake News Travels 6 Times Faster Than the Truth, Study Shows

SETH BORENSTEIN / The Associated Press Mar 8, 2018 Massachusetts Institute of Technology research finds that in 126,000 stories tweeted millions of times over 10 years, "no matter how you slice it, falsity wins out." Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

McCarthyism Inc.: Terror Cranks Sold America the Russia Panic

By Max Blumenthal / AlterNet Nov 14, 2017 Revelations about Russia's use of social media in the 2016 elections are being used as a pretext for suppressing dissent. Dig deeper ( 17 Min. Read )

Mainstream Groupthink and Artificial Intelligence Could Stifle Dissent in an Orwellian Future

By Robert Parry / Consortium News Jul 31, 2017 Since the election, some U.S. media and tech companies are using "fake news" hysteria to establish a Ministry of Truth. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )