Ryan Broderick
It’s Unclear What Trump’s Section 230 Executive Order Will Do Beyond Bully Social Media Companies
“Twitter slapped Trump on the wrist,” law professor Eric Goldman told BuzzFeed News. “Trump responds with an attempt to blow up the entire internet.”
Ryan Broderick
Trump’s Campaign And Fox News Are Attacking A Twitter Employee Because They Think He Fact-Checked The President. They Have The Wrong Guy.
“No one person at Twitter is responsible for our policies,” a Twitter spokesperson told BuzzFeed News. “It's unfortunate to see individual employees targeted for company decisions.”
Ryan Broderick
Twitter Fact-Checked A Trump Tweet For The First Time
Donald Trump said mail-in ballots are fraudulent. Twitter said that wasn't the case.
Alex Kantrowitz
Bill Gates Conspiracy Theories Have Circulated For Years. It Took The Coronavirus Pandemic To Turn Him Into A Fake Villain.
After months of conspiracy-mongering, people around the world are demanding Gates be arrested for crimes against humanity. Here’s how things got so bad.
Ryan Broderick
These Are The Fake Experts Pushing Pseudoscience And Conspiracy Theories About The Coronavirus Pandemic
A guide to the spin doctors and conspiracy theorists clogging up your social media feed.
Jane Lytvynenko
Here’s Why Everyone On Facebook Is Talking About Woodstock And The Coronavirus
We are stardust. We are golden. And we've got to stop sharing unhelpful memes.
Ryan Broderick
As The White House Scrambles To Contain COVID-19-Positive Staffers, Donald Trump Is Changing The Subject To #Obamagate
In the face of a coronavirus outbreak that has now reached the White House, the president, his supporters, and Fox News are blustering about Barack Obama.
Ryan Broderick
A Florida Entrepreneur Bought Anti-Lockdown URLs To Raise Money. But He Got Death Threats.
Now Brad Lee Butcher is selling T-shirts.
Ryan Broderick
Wildlife Traffickers Are Setting Up Fake Zoos On Facebook To Sell The Scales Of Endangered Pangolins
The pages are as easy to find as searching the word “pangolin" in Vietnamese.
Ryan Broderick
1.7 Million People Are Currently Role-Playing As Ants On Facebook
Lift! Lift! Lift! Lift! Lift! Lift! Lift! Lift!
Ryan Broderick
We Will Never Agree On What Happened During The First Wave Of The Pandemic — And That Will Make It Harder To Survive The Second
The virus isn't just attacking our bodies — it's attacking our brains.
Ryan Broderick
Scientists Haven’t Found Proof The Coronavirus Escaped From A Lab In Wuhan. Trump Supporters Are Spreading The Rumor Anyway.
There's much about the origins of the COVID-19 outbreak that scientists are still trying to discover. But animosity between the United States and China — and a bellicose American president — have made it harder to find the truth.
Ryan Broderick
A YouTube Video Accusing Dr. Anthony Fauci Of Being Part Of The Deep State Has Been Viewed Over 6 Million Times In A Week
The video also advises people to treat COVID-19 with vitamin C.
Ryan Broderick
Chiropractors Are Feeding Their Patients Fake Information About The Coronavirus
One St. Louis–based chiropractor told 21 million viewers to fight the pandemic with zinc and tonic water.
Ryan Broderick
5G Conspiracy Theorists Are Using Fears About The Coronavirus To Make Money
For $350, they’ll sell you a USB stick they claim protects you from harmful 5G radiation and prevents infection from the coronavirus. (It doesn't.)
Ryan Broderick
Lifestyle Influencers Are Now Sharing Some Bogus Far-Right Conspiracy Theories About The Coronavirus On Instagram
If 2020 wasn't weird enough, let's throw radicalized influencers into the mix.
Stephanie McNeal
A Conspiracy Theory That 5G Is Causing The Coronavirus Is Spreading Alongside The Pandemic
Even actor Woody Harrelson has succumbed to the baseless hoax that cellphone infrastructure is spreading the coronavirus.
Ryan Broderick
After The Coronavirus Passes, Your World Will Not Go Back To Normal
Before the pandemic began, the systems that govern our world were brittle. Today, they are broken. When we emerge, the world will be different, and so will we.
Ryan Broderick
Twitter Deleted Two Tweets From Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro For Spreading Coronavirus Misinformation
“What I have been hearing from people is that they want to work,” Bolsonaro said in one of the deleted videos.
Ryan Broderick
Right-Wing Influencers Are Convinced Dr. Anthony Fauci Is Working With Hillary Clinton To Undermine Donald Trump
The fringe debates whether the coronavirus is the real deep state plot — or the federal government's response to it.
Ryan Broderick
