Fake News on Social Media
Social media platforms and tech companies are developing tougher user policies and methods for detecting and removing fake accounts and misleading or false information ahead of the 2020 election.
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The Threat of QAnon
QAnon started as a far-right fringe conspiracy theory on the anonymous internet forum 4chan, but is now a growing cult-like movement threatening to infiltrate mainstream political discourse.
Disinformation and Fake News About Protests
Civil unrest provides an opportune moment for bad actors to spread disinformation and to divide society. Feelings of fear, frustration and resentment can create a volatile information environment.
Fighting Health Misinformation – What Went Wrong
Information on the coronavirus wasn’t available quickly enough, which left a void for conspiracy theories and misinformation to fill in the gaps.
How to Combat Fake News
Fighting fake news is not only about fact checking the stories you hear, it is also about holding the information you consume and the people or places you hear it from accountable.
Foreign & Domestic Information Warfare
U.S. Adversaries are using similar yet more refined methods they used in 2016 to confuse voters and amplify fake news.
How Fake News Affected the 2016 Presidential Election
The potential impact of fake news on President Trump’s victory in 2016 is among the most contested controversies of his presidency.
Institutional & Governmental Response to Fake News
While governments have always combated conspiracies and misinformation, today’s challenge lies in the fact that social media and new media multiply the number of distribution channels.
What is Misinformation and Disinformation?
Fake news, made-up stories and just pure fiction masquerading as news has a long history in American politics.
Russia & the Mueller Report
We created Fight Fake News when we began learning about the Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election.
