Does Banning the Taliban From Social Media Actually Help Afghans?
A Taliban fighter searches for a network signal for his mobile phone at a hospital in the Andar district of Ghazni province.Wakil Kohsar/AFP/Getty Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.When earlier this month the Taliban overtook Kabul, gaining control of Afghanistan, accounts on…
Why Facebook Won’t Stop Pushing Propaganda
Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.Joyce Jones’ Facebook page is almost an archetype of what the social network is supposed to look like: Pictures of her kids, her kids’ friends, her sports teams, her kids’ friends’ sports teams. Videos of her husband’s…
The FBI Is Investigating Giuliani’s Attempt to Make a Movie About the Bidens and Ukraine
Rudy Giuliani in an unaired clip prepared for a film about the Bidens and Ukraine.Vimeo Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.Last year, after Rudy Giuliani’s effort to dig up dirt on Joe Biden in Ukraine had already helped lead to the impeachment…
New Report Shows How Trump Keeps Buying Facebook Ads
Eric Kayne/AP/All the Citizens Ltd. Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.The Real Facebook Oversight Board is coming after the company again. Demonstrators from the non-profit backed civil society group showed up outside of Facebook’s DC office on Wednesday morning bearing body bags…
A Conservative Radio Host Mocked the Vaccine. Now He’s Hospitalized With COVID.
Phil Valentine hosting his radio show in 2020.PhilValentine Show/YouTube Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.The family of a conservative radio host Phil Valentine, who is now hospitalized in a Tennessee critical care unit with COVID-19, issued a statement on his behalf Friday, expressing…
How Trump and Conservative Media Are Cashing in on Disinformation
Brian Cahn/ZUMA Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.There is a transmission chain of disinformation on the right that is profitable both financially and politically. This week, Donald Trump supplied a text-book example. The former president sent out email soliciting donations for his…