Disinformation

"If 50 million people believe a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing."

Anatole France, (1844-1924)

Disinformation
Fox News settles Dominion Voting Systems defamation lawsuit NPR    [archive]
'This is f---ing crazy' Florida Latinos swamped by wild conspiracy theories- POLITICO    [archive]
Thousands of proTrump bots are attacking DeSantis Haley ABC News    [archive]
In blow to Fox Corp judge rules Smartmatic case over 2020 election lies can proceed CNN Business    [archive]
DeSantis Once a Darling of Conservative News Media Now Rails Against It    [archive]
Fox's 2020 split screen revealed - POLITICO    [archive]
Fox News kept talking down the economy under Biden then the Dow Jones closed above 40000 Media Matters for America    [archive]
Canada is picking up the political radicalization bug from the U.S., new report warns CBC News    [archive]
Opinion Don't Go Down the Rabbit Hole - The New York Times    [archive]
Ethan Mollick on LinkedIn Um You might want to look at this I deepfaked myself in under 3 128 comments   [archive]
Trump ally Steve Bannon will report to federal prison to serve 4-month sentence on contempt charges    [✚ add]
Elon Musk Accused of Social Security 'Disinformation Campaign'    [✚ add]
Republicans' non-citizen voting myth sets stage to claim stolen election   [✚ add]

Qanon
PM's office won't release any texts with QAnon friend, arguing they would not be 'official documents' Scott Morrison The Gua    [archive]
QAnon conspiracists gather in Dallas on the grassy knoll today awaiting JFK Jr's return. PublicFreakout    [archive]
Q Into the Storm Official Website for the HBO Series HBO.com    [archive]
QAnon and UFO Conspiracies Are Merging    [archive]
Michigan father shot his family, police say. His daughter blames QAnon. - The Washington Post    [archive]
QAnon reshaped Trump's party and radicalized believers. The Capitol siege may just be the start. - The Washington Post    [archive]
A 23-Year-Old Coder Kept QAnon and the Far Right Online When No One Else Would - Bloomberg    [archive]
Self-declared 'Queen of Canada' detained by RCMP after alleged threats to health-care workers Globalnews.ca    [archive]
Marjorie Taylor Greene shared antisemitic and Islamophobic video - The Jerusalem Post    [archive]
How three conspiracy theorists took 'Q' and sparked Qanon   [archive]
She was a popular yoga guru. Then she embraced QAnon conspiracy theories NCPR News    [✚ add]
What is QAnon Explaining the bizarre rightwing conspiracy theory Technology The Guardian    [✚ add]
QAnon's Coronavirus-Fueled Boom Is A Warning Of What's To Come HuffPost   [✚ add]

Tucker Carlson's 'End of Men' Doc Mocked as Homoerotic 'This is So Gay'    [archive]
Tucker Carlson on Rupert Murdoch "I'm 100 Percent His Bitch"    [archive]
Chris Cuomo calls Fox News a 'disgrace' for not informing viewers that Tucker Carlson shouldn't be taken seriously    [archive]
What to Know About Tucker Carlson's Rise - The New York Times    [archive]
How Tucker Carlson Reshaped Fox News - and Became Trump's Heir - The New York Times   [archive]
Heritage Foundation defections continue over support for Tucker Carlson    [✚ add]
McConnell pans Heritage Foundation for its defense of Tucker Carlson's Nick Fuentes interview - POLITICO    [✚ add]
Tucker Carlson says Trump administration is using Charlie Kirk's killing to trample First Amendment    [✚ add]
Russian State TV Using Tucker Carlson Clips to Promote War as Unrest Grows    [✚ add]
Nick Fuentes publicly breaks up with 'faker' Tucker Carlson   [✚ add]

Experts on why so many Republicans accept that God gave us Trump Saloncom    [archive]
Is It Ever Good When the Cult Comes for the Apostate    [archive]
This Chinese Cult is Not Your Friend YouTube    [archive]
Video Clinton calls for formal deprogramming of MAGA cult members CNN Politics    [archive]
Another Tom Cruise Scientology video YouTube   [archive]
QAnon Fans, Traditional JFK Conspiracy Theorists Converge in Dallas - Rolling Stone   [✚ add]

Mark Cuban says Elon Musks biggest power play on X is letting users think they have free speech    [archive]
First look at Cybertrucks comically large windshield wiper in action The Verge    [archive]
Elon Musk Blocks Starlink in Crimea Amid Nuclear Fears Report    [archive]
EU warns Musk of sanctions after Twitter suspensions    [archive]
According to Elon Musks own math the company formerly known as Twitter has lost 90 of its value and could be worth just 4 billion   [archive]
Q Into the Storm Director Cullen Hoback on Unmasking Q HBO - YouTube    [✚ add]
QAnon Believers Are Grappling With Biden's Presidency    [✚ add]
QAnon shaman sues Trump for $40 trillion and targets Musk, T-Mobile and Warner Bros in rambling lawsuit   [✚ add]

Social Media
The next generation of influencers are here And theyre less than 10 years old    [archive]
How 'Gamification' of Everything Is Manipulating You (and How to Recognize It)    [archive]
Fear-based social media Nextdoor, Citizen, Amazon's Neighbors is getting more popular - Vox    [archive]
Dead Internet theory Wikipedia    [archive]
Founder of Milady NFT project revealed to have horrifying history involving a 4chan suicide cult white supremacist cult and proanorexia grooming   [archive]
I'm a psychiatrist who keeps my kids laptops in a closet and has restricted smartphones. Here's my advice for other parents a    [✚ add]
Smartphone use in kids under 13 linked to depression, suicidal thoughts- Study - Watch    [✚ add]
Stephen Graham issues warning to parents after Netflix's Adolescence _ The Independent   [✚ add]