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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 428

AMANDA SEITZ

The bulletin issued by the Department of Homeland Security, outlining the current terrorism threat to the United States, is photographed Thursday, June 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick)
June 10, 2022, 7:14 pm
US supremacists rile up thousands on social media, reveling in ‘white boy summer’
Neo-Nazis and their partners are building thriving, macho communities across internet platforms like Instagram, Telegram and TikTok, evading detection with coded innuendo
By AMANDA SEITZ
Former head of Department of Homeland Security disinformation board Nina Jankowicz, May 19, 2022 (Screen grab/CBS)
May 20, 2022, 2:53 pm
Crush of sexist, antisemitic abuse driving women from high-profile positions
Resignation of head of new US disinformation board highlights issue; far-right extremist called Nina Jankowicz a ‘nasty … Jew,’ on his podcast; she is not Jewish
By AMANDA SEITZ
The Twitter page of Elon Musk is seen on the screen of a computer in Sausalito, California, on April 25, 2022. On Monday, Musk reached an agreement to buy Twitter for about $44 billion. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)
April 26, 2022, 12:59 pm
Is Elon Musk’s push for ‘free speech’ on Twitter just a case of deja vu?
Analysts warn that new owner of social media platform could repeat the mistakes of a decade ago, when unmoderated posts led to a ‘cesspool’ — and advertisers fled
By Barbara Ortutay and AMANDA SEITZ
Ukrainian soldiers recover the remains of four killed civilians from inside a charred vehicle in Bucha, outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, on April 5, 2022. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)
April 6, 2022, 1:35 pm
Russian media campaign dismisses Bucha deaths as fakes
Spreading false reports to sow confusion and undermine its adversaries are tactics that Moscow has used for years and refined with the advent of social media
By AMANDA SEITZ and ARIJETA LAJKA
FILE - In this June 27, 2019, file photo, then US president Donald Trump's Twitter feed is shown on a computer, in New York. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)
October 27, 2021, 3:25 pm
Facebook sat idling as online hate raged after Trump post, leaked documents show
Social media giant’s automated controls assessed with 90% certainty that president’s post during backlash over George Floyd death broke company’s rules on incitement
By AMANDA SEITZ
Oumie Nyassi shows a video circulating online and that has been debunked of a woman claiming she was magnetized after receiving the COVID-19 vaccine, in a doctor's office at Serrekunda, Gambia hospital on Sept. 23, 2021. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
October 26, 2021, 4:47 pm
Ignoring its own staff, Facebook failed to act against anti-vax misinformation
Critics suggest social media giant was slow to move because it worried internal proposals to deal with misleading info might impact profits
By David Klepper and AMANDA SEITZ
A medical worker prepares the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at Tudor Ranch in Mecca, California, January 21, 2021. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)
March 13, 2021, 4:18 am
Anti-vaccine social media accounts thrive, with false claims about Israel deaths
Widely shared Twitter posts falsely claim Pfizer shot killed elderly Israelis; misinformation superspreaders shift tactics to avoid the axe
By Barbara Ortutay and AMANDA SEITZ
Trump supporters try to break through a police barrier, Jan. 6, 2021, at the Capitol in Washington (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
February 17, 2021, 11:02 am
‘Death is the only remedy’: The hateful rhetoric at the US Capitol siege
Court papers show talk of civil war, traitors, revolution mirrored fighting words repeated by right-wing personalities, websites ahead of riot as Trump spread bogus election claims
By Michael Kunzelman and AMANDA SEITZ
A Qanon believer Jacob Chansley, who was later arrested for his role storming the Capitol, speaks to a crowd of President Donald Trump supporters outside of the Maricopa County Recorder's Office where votes in the general election are being counted, in Phoenix, Thursday, Nov. 5, 2020. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-MIlls)
January 21, 2021, 5:24 am
‘Where’s the storm?’ Biden inauguration leaves QAnon adherents reeling
Waiting in vain for an apocalyptic reckoning they believed was coming, many supporters of the conspiracy theory are expressing doubts, anger and confusion
By Michael Kunzelman, AMANDA SEITZ and David Klepper
Trump supporters gather outside the US Capitol in Washington, January 6, 2021. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)
January 14, 2021, 10:48 pm
Trump supporters seek online refuges after big tech backlash
As social media giants crack down on misinformation, calls to violence, researcher warns of potential ‘mass radicalization’ as US president’s online backers go to smaller platforms
By David Klepper and AMANDA SEITZ
Election workers check mail-in and absentee ballots for the 2020 General Election in West Chester, Pennsylvania, Nov. 3, 2020. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
November 4, 2020, 5:01 am
Battleground Pennsylvania emerges as online misinformation hotspot
Social media companies scramble to remove false posts about voting meant to sow doubt about process; Donald Trump Jr. shares erroneous claim about tossed ballots
By Barbara Ortutay and AMANDA SEITZ
US President Donald Trump arrives at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, in Bethesda, Md., Oct. 2, 2020, on Marine One helicopter after he tested positive for COVID-19. White House chief of staff Mark Meadows is at left. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
October 3, 2020, 1:58 am
Misinformation spikes as Trump confirms COVID-19 diagnosis
Conspiracy theories run rampant, ranging from belief that Democrats deliberately infected the president during debate, to claims he’s faking his illness
By AMANDA SEITZ and Beatrice Dupuy
US President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference at the White House, Aug. 19, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
August 20, 2020, 7:55 am
Trump praises QAnon conspiracists, says he appreciates their support
In first public comment, US president claims ignorance of theory he’s saving nation from a satanic cult of child sex traffickers, adding, ‘Is that supposed to be a bad thing?’
By Zeke Miller, Jill Colvin and AMANDA SEITZ
Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., talks to reporters about the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2020. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
August 14, 2020, 12:56 pm
Trump gives credence to false, racist Kamala Harris conspiracy
Speaking to reporters, the president notes ‘very serious’ rumors — which are false — that the VP candidate is not eligible to serve in the role
By AAMER MADHANI, Sara Burnett, AMANDA SEITZ and Jill Colvin
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris talks during her first campaign organizing event at Los Angeles Southwest College in Los Angeles, on May 19, 2019. ((AP Photo/Richard Vogel)
August 12, 2020, 9:02 am
US women’s groups say they will fight sexism, ‘ugly’ attacks on Harris
Organizations primarily led by Democrats, but backed by nonpartisan groups and some Republicans, say they will shut down prejudiced, false information about Democratic VP pick
By Sara Burnett and AMANDA SEITZ
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