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Inside the D.O.J.’s Investigation of Fauci and Other Virus Scientists

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/05/health/fauci-morens-covid-prosecutions.html

America Is Atomizing

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/10/style/america-is-atomizing.html

Right-Wing Groups Are Organizing on Telegram Ahead of Election Day - Right-wing groups, which use Telegram to organize real-world actions, are urging follower... - https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/04/technology/telegram-right-wing-groups-election.html #right-wingextremismandalt-right #demonstrationsprotestsandriots #presidentialelectionof2024 #presidentialelectionof2020 #voterfraud(electionfraud) #fringegroupsandmovements #rumorsandmisinformation #computersandtheinternet #instantmessaging

How Telegram Became a Playground for Criminals, Extremists and Terrorists - Drug dealers, scammers and white nationalists openly conduct business and spread toxic sp... - https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/07/technology/telegram-crime-terrorism.html #right-wingextremismandalt-right #corporatesocialresponsibility #durovpavelvaleryevich(1984-) #fringegroupsandmovements #computersandtheinternet #rumorsandmisinformation #israel-gazawar(2023-) #childabuseandneglect #drugabuseandtraffic #terrorism

How Pavel Durov, Telegram’s Founder, Went From Russia’s Mark Zuckerberg to Wanted Man - Pavel Durov’s anti-establishment streak helped him create one of the world’s biggest onli... - https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/26/technology/pavel-durov-telegram-founder.html #freedomofspeechandexpression #durovpavelvaleryevich(1984-) #contenttype:personalprofile #fringegroupsandmovements #computersandtheinternet #rumorsandmisinformation #artificialinsemination #politicsandgovernment

Telegram’s Top Executive Pavel Durov Reportedly Detained in France - The founder of Telegram, an app with more than 900 million users, was taken into custody ... - https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/25/technology/pavel-durov-telegram-detained-france.html #right-wingextremismandalt-right #freedomofspeechandexpression #durovpavelvaleryevich(1984-) #fringegroupsandmovements #computersandtheinternet #rumorsandmisinformation #childabuseandneglect #drugabuseandtraffic #mobileapplications #france

Donald Trump Was Shot. Then the Conspiracy Theories Spread. - Claims that President Biden and his allies ordered the attack on Donald J. Trump, or that... - https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/15/technology/trump-shooting-conspiracy-theories.html #assassinationsandattemptedassassinations #right-wingextremismandalt-right #crooksthomasmatthew(2003-24) #truthsocial(socialnetwork) #fringegroupsandmovements #rumorsandmisinformation #computersandtheinternet #conspiracytheories #x(formerlytwitter)

States Move to Ban Deepfake Nudes to Fight Sexually Explicit Images of Minors - Legislators in two dozen states are working on bills, or have passed laws, to combat A.I.... - https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/22/technology/deepfake-ai-nudes-high-school-laws.html #childsexualabusematerial(csam) #schooldiscipline(students) #teenagersandadolescence #rumorsandmisinformation #computersandtheinternet #artificialintelligence #issaquahhighschool #washington(state) #childpornography #cyberharassment

Jackson Hinkle Rides Rage Over Israel to Prominence - Jackson Hinkle’s incendiary commentary has generated over two million new followers on X ... - https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/11/business/media/jackson-hinkle-israel-gaza-misinformation.html #right-wingextremismandalt-right #presidentialelectionof2024 #fringegroupsandmovements #rumorsandmisinformation #israel-gazawar(2023-) #x(formerlytwitter) #newsandnewsmedia #putinvladimirv #thedailywire #socialmedia #generationz #youtube.com

Teen Girls Confront an Epidemic of Deepfake Nudes in Schools - Using artificial intelligence, middle and high school students have fabricated explicit i... - https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/08/technology/deepfake-ai-nudes-westfield-high-school.html #schooldiscipline(students) #rumorsandmisinformation #computersandtheinternet #artificialintelligence #childpornography #education(k-12) #bullies

From Russia, Elaborate Tales of Fake Journalists - As the Ukraine war grinds on, the Kremlin has created increasingly complex fabrications o... - https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/18/business/media/russia-fake-journalists.html #russianinvasionofukraine(2022) #fringegroupsandmovements #rumorsandmisinformation #computersandtheinternet #internationalrelations #politicsandgovernment #x(formerlytwitter) #zelenskyvolodymyr #newsandnewsmedia #socialmedia #youtube.com

Shafiqah Hudson, Who Fought Trolls on Social Media, Dies at 46 - When the hashtag #EndFathersDay began trending on Twitter, she realized it was more than ... - https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/05/us/shafiqah-hudson-dead.html #right-wingextremismandalt-right #fringegroupsandmovements #rumorsandmisinformation #deaths(obituaries) #shafiqahhudson #womenandgirls #blackpeople #socialmedia #oregon #4chan

How A Rare Myocarditis Death Caught the Attention of the Anti-Vaccine Movement - A 24-year-old’s sudden death devastated his family — and caught the attention of the move... - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/13/technology/covid-anti-vaccine.html #centersfordiseasecontrolandprevention #vaccinationandimmunization #fringegroupsandmovements #rumorsandmisinformation #coronavirus(2019-ncov) #childrensdefensefund #internal-great-read #deaths(fatalities) #conspiracytheories #autopsies

Where Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Delivers His Fringe Views: Not on the Trail - The Democratic presidential challenger continues to espouse extreme ideas, but has dialed... - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/12/technology/rfk-jr-campaign-vaccines.html #vaccinationandimmunization #fringegroupsandmovements #rumorsandmisinformation #computersandtheinternet #coronavirus(2019-ncov) #childrenshealthdefense #conspiracytheories #kennedyrobertfjr #research

As Covid-19 Cases Tick Higher, Conspiracy Theorists Stoke New Fears - A late-summer rise in Covid-19 infections is bringing with it a wave of conspiracy theori... - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/11/technology/covid-19-uptick-conspiracy-theorists.html #right-wingextremismandalt-right #vaccinationandimmunization #fringegroupsandmovements #rumorsandmisinformation #coronavirus(2019-ncov) #kaiserfamilyfoundation #conspiracytheories

Does CNN’s Turmoil Mean There’s No Room on Cable for Independent News? - Chris Licht’s tenure illuminated how increasingly hard it can be to find success on the d... - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/08/business/media/cnn-chris-licht-cable-news.html #appointmentsandexecutivechanges #lichtchristophera(1971-) #rumorsandmisinformation #newsandnewsmedia #cabletelevision #zaslavdavidm #television #cnn

Spotify's Joe Rogan Deal Is Said to Be Worth Over $200 Million - The deal that brought his podcast to Spotify is said to be worth over $200 million, more ... - https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/17/arts/music/spotify-joe-rogan-misinformation.html #thejoeroganexperience(radioprogram) #freedomofspeechandexpression #vaccinationandimmunization #rumorsandmisinformation #ekdaniel #roganjoe #podcasts #boycotts #spotify

Facebook Debates What to Do With Its Like and Share Buttons - Likes and shares made the social media site what it is. Now, company documents show, it’s... - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/25/technology/facebook-like-share-buttons.html #corporatesocialresponsibility #computersandtheinternet #rumorsandmisinformation #conspiracytheories #mobileapplications #onlineadvertising #anxietyandstress #whistle-blowers #zuckerbergmarke #haugenfrances #instagraminc #socialmedia #facebookinc

In India, Facebook Struggles to Combat Misinformation and Hate Speech - Internal documents show a struggle with misinformation, hate speech and celebrations of v... - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/23/technology/facebook-india-misinformation.html #fringegroupsandmovements #rumorsandmisinformation #computersandtheinternet #engineeringandengineers #artificialintelligence #politicsandgovernment #whistle-blowers #muslimsandislam #haugenfrances #socialmedia #facebookinc #hatespeech #pakistan

Facebook clamps down on its internal message boards. - The social network, which has been under increased scrutiny after a former product manage... - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/13/technology/facebook-workplace-transparency-leaks.html #computersandtheinternet #rumorsandmisinformation #whistle-blowers #haugenfrances #socialmedia #facebookinc

How Facebook Relies on Accenture to Scrub Toxic Content - The social network has constructed a vast infrastructure to keep toxic material off its p... - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/31/technology/facebook-accenture-content-moderation.html #suitsandlitigation(civil) #nantermepierre(1959-2019) #mentalhealthanddisorders #computersandtheinternet #rumorsandmisinformation #depression(mental) #wagesandsalaries #anxietyandstress #zuckerbergmarke #sandbergsherylk #laborandjobs #accentureltd

Russian Campaign Promotes Homegrown Vaccine and Undercuts Rivals - Russian news outlets with connections to the Kremlin ran disingenuous Spanish-language stories tar... - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/05/technology/russia-covid-vaccine-disinformation.html #vaccinationandimmunization #rumorsandmisinformation #computersandtheinternet #coronavirus(2019-ncov) #sputnik(satellite) #spanishlanguage #astrazenecaplc #latinamerica #socialmedia #modernainc #pfizerinc #mexico

No, the Pfizer and Moderna vaccine development has not been ‘reckless.’ - Experts maintain that widespread rollout of these vaccines, which have undergone rigorous testing,... - https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/08/technology/covid-vaccines-senate-hearing.html #vaccinationandimmunization #rumorsandmisinformation #coronavirus(2019-ncov) #clinicaltrials #orientjanem #modernainc #pfizerinc

Fox News Is Accused of Hiding George Soros’s Influence - It’s a twist for the cable channel, which regularly airs criticism of the billionaire investor and... - https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/18/technology/fox-news-george-soros.html #right-wingextremismandalt-right #computersandtheinternet #rumorsandmisinformation #opensocietyfoundations #newsandnewsmedia #foxnewschannel #gingrichnewt #sorosgeorge