The gunman behind the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting, Robert Bowers, was active and outspoken on social media, publishing bizarre posts in which he slammed Jews, diversity, and Donald Trump. Moments before entering the synagogue on Saturday morning, the 46-year-old wrote on the social network Gab that he was “going in,” stating that he couldn’t “sit by […]
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YouTube Will Link Directly to Wikipedia to Fight Conspiracies
After a series of scandals related to misinformation, YouTube’s CEO Susan Wojcicki announced the company would begin directing users to reputable sources like Wikipedia. https://media.wired.com/photos/5aa8437a9ccf76090d774fa2/master/pass/Susan-Wojcicki-542658392.jpg
Geno Smith appeared to join Kyrie Irving in embracing flat Earth conspiracies, and the internet went nuts
Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images Geno Smith appeared to embrace flat Earth theories in a series of tweets on Saturday. Smith took time to retweet arguments from both sides of the debate, encouraging people to question the “truths” laid before them. In the end, Smith walked back his original comments slightly, claiming that the tweets were […]
YouTube finally notices Infowars is peddling dangerous conspiracies
Earlier this week, YouTube took down a video from one of Infowars’ channels. It was one of many videos out there claiming that students of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School are not in fact students and school shooting survivors, but are instead paid “crisis actors.” The video, which was titled “David Hogg Can’t Remember His […]
Advertisers begin dropping Sean Hannity’s show amid the controversy over Seth Rich conspiracies
Mike Segar/Reuters Fox News host Sean Hannity has begun losing advertisers amid heightened controversy surrounding his decision to draw attention to conspiracy theories about the death of Democratic National Committee staffer Seth Rich. In recent weeks, Hannity has repeatedly pushed the claim that Rich was not the victim of a botched robbery, as authorities suspect, […]