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Twitter has removed more than 7,000 accounts associated with QAnon as part of a broad-based crackdown on the pro-Trump conspiracy theory. Twitter says QAnon postings have led to real-world harm.
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State officials are pushing back against the false claim that COVID-19 cases are being counted more than once. The Ohio Department of Health says this…
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The video, which condemns "fake news," fabricates a supposed-CNN segment from last year. The social media companies said the footage violated copyright rules.
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The channel, One America News Network, has a history of supporting President Trump and of spreading misinformation that favors the political right.
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A cache of Instagram posts has yielded what researchers call a more up-to-date look at election interference operations. Much of it is familiar but now executed with more sophistication.
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Facebook isn't banning all deepfake videos. It will allow the technique to be used in parodies or satire, for instance.
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The inception of partisanship goes back decades — and, guess what, Republicans and Democrats can't agree on who started it.
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Some pro-Trump news outlets are singling out federal employees and accusing them of trying to sabotage the president. The targets have often worked for decades in government outside of the spotlight.
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The social network is fighting foreign efforts to manipulate and mislead its users ahead of the 2020 presidential election. CEO Mark Zuckerberg called election security one of his "top priorities."
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Many accounts Twitter has suspended or removed have been added to a growing archive of tweets identified as part of "state-backed information operations."