Pro-Putin Disinformation on Ukraine Is Thriving in Online Anti-Vax Groups
Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.Since the beginning of the pandemic, we’ve seen how conspiracy theories can overlap and collide. I’ve documented how anti-vaccine groups embraced QAnon disinformation about liberal elites conspiring to unseat Trump, and how white nationalists find willing audiences for…
How a Hard-Right European Group Tried to Manipulate Kenyan Political Discourse on Twitter
AP Photo/Jeff Chiu Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.Historically, colonial impulses were initially carried out with the backing of big, imperial nation-states. But private groups are also players. Erik Prince of Blackwater fame proposed taking over American operations in Afghanistan with his…
A Fugitive Chinese Tycoon Met Steve Bannon. Misinformation Mayhem Ensued.
Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.On June 3, a collection of some of the right’s most prominent purveyors of election-fraud lies and coronavirus misinformation congregated in the window-lined observatory atop One World Trade Center, with views of the Hudson River and Manhattan’s…
Spotify Pulls 70 Episodes of Joe Rogan’s Podcast
Rogan at a 2017 fight weigh-in.Gregory Payan/AP Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.The controversy over podcast host Joe Rogan reached a new stage on Saturday when Spotify quietly removed 70-some episodes from his show’s archives. Though the company hasn’t officially explained why…
The Plan Was Simple: Infiltrate MAGA World and Tell Everyone What She Saw. Then She Was Found Out.
Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.“Looks like my cover is fully blown, actually, fuck,” Amanda Moore told me over Twitter direct message. It was a Saturday night in late October, and the mission that had probably saved her life was coming to…
A New Report Connects the Dots on Parler’s Role Ahead of January 6
Jose Luis Magana/AP Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.After the January 6, 2021, Capitol riot, as researchers and journalists were seeking answers about what happened, how, and why, a trove of helpful information almost magically appeared. Through inept cybersecurity, the right-wing social…