100% of extremist murders: Right-wingers "The Trump era very much emboldened these actors," advocate warns Salon · Mar 4, 2023
Debate: The multiple paradoxes of Meta and Mark Zuckerberg From Facebook’s psychological experiments on unwitting users in 2014 to the Cambridge Analytica scandal in 2018 or the Facebook files in 2021, controversies involving the company have been numerous. Despite an increased demand for transparency, Mark Zuckerberg, the CEO of Meta (formerly known as Facebook), has never been too inclined… The Conversation · Mar 1, 2023
Libel Suit by Gen. Michael Flynn's Sister Against CNN Dismissed I'm too slammed today to comment in detail on it, but I just thought I'd note the decision handed down today by Judge Mary Scriven (M.D. Fla.) in Valerie Flynn v. CNN: Plaintiff, a citizen of Florida, is a private individual and sister to Retired General Michael Flynn. Plaintiff's suit… Reason · Feb 22, 2023
QAnon is spreading outside the US – a conspiracy theory expert explains what that could mean The name crops up all over the place, but many people have no real understanding of what QAnon is, or why an estimated 22% of Americans accept one of its core beliefs: that some kind of political “storm” is coming and that violence could be necessary to achieve it. The Conversation · Feb 6, 2023
TechScape: Why Donald Trump’s return to Facebook could mark a rocky new age for online discourse The former president was banned from Instagram and Facebook following the Jan 6 attacks, but Meta argues that new ‘guardrails’ will keep his behaviour in check. Plus: is a chatbot coming for your job? The Guardian - UK · Jan 31, 2023
Suspect in attack on Paul Pelosi calls California TV station from jail Hours after a San Francisco court released body-camera video of a man attacking Paul Pelosi with a hammer, QAnon extremist David DePape, the suspect in the attack, made a surprise call from jail to a Bay Area news station expressing regret that he didn’t go further. Los Angeles Times · Jan 29, 2023
Donald Trump’s Truth Social posts bode ill for his return to Facebook As Trump was reinstated, Meta’s Nick Clegg stressed ‘guardrails’ were in place. He could soon find them tested The Guardian - UK · Jan 26, 2023
Trump rips Meta at end of two-year ban After it was announced that Trump could return to the Meta owned social platforms, he turned a cold shoulder Salon · Jan 26, 2023
Meta allows Donald Trump back on Facebook and Instagram The social media company is letting a two-year ban, imposed after Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol, expire. WEKU · Jan 25, 2023
Libs of TikTok owner now a media star She began with an anonymous troll account in April 2021 — now she's an agenda-setter in the right's anti-LGBTQ war Salon · Jan 24, 2023
5 types of threat – how those who want to divide us use language to stoke violence Events like the riots in Brazil, the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection two years before it and the mass shooting at the Colorado LGBTQ nightclub each occurred after certain groups repeatedly directed dangerous rhetoric against others. It’s the reason elected officials in the U.S. have begun examining the role language plays… The Conversation · Jan 11, 2023
Marjorie Taylor Greene goes mainstream Greene is walking the path laid by the Tea Party, in which today's extremists become tomorrow's new GOP normal Salon · Jan 10, 2023
Commentary: It’s time to dump Twitter — and Elon Musk There’s no longer any doubt: It’s time for anyone who’s not a QAnon believer or MAGA hat-wearing adherent of the far right to stop doing anything that boosts Elon Musk’s profit and power. If you’re on Twitter, leave. If you’re looking to buy an electric vehicle, don’t get a Tesla. Tribune News Service · Jan 9, 2023
Marjorie Taylor Greene backs away from QAnon history saying she got ‘sucked into some things I’d seen on the internet’ Georgia congresswoman stands to regain committee memberships under GOP majority The Independent UK · Jan 8, 2023
Salon · Jan 8, 2023 MTG: QAnon beliefs "far in the past" "I had easily gotten sucked into some things I had seen on the internet," Greene said in a Fox interview on Sunday
Chicago Sun-Times · Jan 6, 2023 Online world is a misinformation superhighway For millions, contemporary life far surpasses their ability to assimilate and absorb conflicting information. So they turn to social media, where cranks and charlatans are happy to provide them with magic and circuses.
The Conversation · Jan 5, 2023 January 6 US Capitol attack: deep state conspiracies haven't gone away Two years after the January 6 attack on the US Capitol building, the conspiracy theories about a malign group controlling the country have not gone away. This continues to corrode US democracy, fuelling stark polarisation that is deepening distrust and political violence.
Salon · Jan 3, 2023 Meet the new MAGA generation With the new Congress convening, these MAGA diehards and election deniers are key to the fragile GOP majority
Salon · Jan 2, 2023 What I learned in the darkness I spent five years exploring conspiracy-theory rabbit holes. There's a way to escape: Real people in the real world
WEKU · Jan 2, 2023 She was a popular yoga guru. Then she embraced QAnon conspiracy theories Themes like everything is connected, nothing happens without a purpose, and nothing is what it seems are central to both yoga philosophy and conspiratorial thinking.
Daily Mirror · Dec 31, 2022 Mum 'destroyed' as deranged QAnon husband kills kids thinking they were 'shapeshifters' Matthew Coleman, 42, had become obsessed with the idea that his wife and the mother of his children, Abby, 35, had infected their kids with reptilian DNA - echoing the ludicrous nonsense of the QAnon satanic paedophile ring conspiracy theory
Los Angeles Times · Dec 29, 2022 Robin Abcarian: Scandal, villainy, treachery — the Jan. 6 committee report is replete with juicy bits The final report from the House Jan. 6 committee is a true gift to the American people.
Salon · Dec 28, 2022 Woman dumps QAnon over alien messages "I'm taking down my ET transmissions. You guys can just live in your stupidity forever," says QAnon defector
The Independent UK · Dec 28, 2022 Marjorie Taylor Greene spoke to Trump about QAnon supporters before Jan 6: ‘These are my people’ Greene reportedly said her constituents who subscribed to QAnon will be at the Jan 6 rally
The Independent UK · Dec 28, 2022 Trump news – live: Jan 6 papers reveal Greene told Trump about QAnon, and Mark Meadows burned papers in office The January 6 committee has released another batch of transcripts, including another pair of interviews with former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson and other Trump administration officials.