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David Klepper retweeted
Incredible reporting by our @AP colleague @EJ_Burrows
Russia is tricking African women into making drones to attack Ukraine.
"Being slaved," is how a woman described Alabuga.
I contacted 100+ women. Some spoke of chemicals which left them with "small holes" in their faces, of overwork & 24/7 surveillance.
apnews.com/article/russia-uk…
David Klepper retweeted
McConnell opens up in forthcoming biography axios.com/2024/06/06/mitch-m…
Judge rules Donald Trump defrauded banks, insurers while building real estate empire apnews.com/article/donald-tr…
David Klepper retweeted
Resourceful, dogged @AP reporting links sheriff’s deputies in Mississippi to a pattern of abuses: apne.ws/lEoyWhk
David Klepper retweeted
Read @DavidKlepper's full article on @AP News with analysis from Jules Gross:
apnews.com/article/trump-des…
#Elections #USElection #Bots #FakeCampaign #InfluenceOperations
David Klepper retweeted
A collaborative effort between traditional journalism, content moderation, and other methods like #prebunking could help limit the spread and impact of #misinformation. Read more on the expansion of our prebunking efforts from @DavidKlepper ⤵️
Google's efforts to “pre-bunk” misinformation will expand to Germany and India after promising results from a pilot project in Eastern Europe. apnews.com/article/technolog…
David Klepper retweeted
Using the hashtag #diedsuddenly, online conspiracy theorists have flooded social media with news reports, obituaries and GoFundMe pages in recent months, leaving grieving families to wrestle with the lies.
My story over the weekend with @AJFichera:
apnews.com/article/vaccine-d…
David Klepper retweeted
"And like the attack in the U.S., the Brazilian riots demonstrate how social media makes it easier than ever for anti-democratic groups to recruit followers and transform online rhetoric into offline action." via @DavidKlepper @APJoshGoodman
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“I love Elon Twitter so far,” tweeted a user who goes by the name Some Dude. “The chaos is glorious!” @DavidKlepper @mattoyeah apnews.com/article/0bf6e0ab9…
David Klepper retweeted
"Misleading claims about the assault spread rapidly anyway, and not just thanks to trolls in obscure internet chatrooms. The claims received a major boost from some prominent Republicans and Elon Musk, now the owner of Twitter" via @DavidKlepper
apnews.com/article/2022-midt…
“What is happening in Brazil, on Facebook, on YouTube and other platforms looks awfully similar to what was happening in the U.S. around the 2020 election.” Excellent look at role of misinformation ahead of Brazil's election by @dianejeantet @ap
apnews.com/article/jair-bols…
David Klepper retweeted
.@DanMcKeeRI is set to announce tomorrow an e-bike rebate program named in honor of @eniedowski, our late friend who was a great reporter and someone who loved to be “out riding” (she also worked for McKee in the LG’s office for a time)
David Klepper retweeted
BREAKING: A jury says Infowars host Alex Jones should pay $965 million to people who suffered from the lie that the Sandy Hook mass shooting was a hoax. bit.ly/3yCiMEG
ALT Infowars host Alex Jones should pay $965 million for Sandy Hook lies, jury says
2 Russians seek asylum after reaching remote Alaskan island (from @AP) apnews.com/article/d6df61f70…
“One of the penalties of an ecological education is that one lives alone in a world of wounds.”
nytimes.com/2022/09/20/opini…
David Klepper retweeted
"After winking at QAnon for years, Donald Trump is overtly embracing the baseless conspiracy theory, even as the number of frightening real-world events linked to it grows" via @DavidKlepper @AliSwenson
apnews.com/article/technolog…
via @nytimes: “As a pioneering rock climber in California’s Yosemite Valley in the 1960s, Mr. Chouinard lived out of his car and ate damaged cans of cat food that he bought for five cents apiece.” nytimes.com/2022/09/14/clima…
My latest: TikTok search results riddled with misinformation: Report (from @AP) apnews.com/article/5cdbe1ec3…
“It is an effort to chip away at the ability of people around the world to choose the governments that they see best fit to represent them, to represent their interests, and to represent their values.”
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