Judge rules Donald Trump defrauded banks, insurers while building real estate empire apnews.com/article/donald…

Music to Trump's ears: Whitewashing Jan. 6 riot with 'Justice for All' song (from The Associated Press by ⁦David Klepper⁩) apnews.com/article/79618f…

Resourceful, dogged The Associated Press reporting links sheriff’s deputies in Mississippi to a pattern of abuses: apne.ws/lEoyWhk

Read David Klepper's full article on The Associated Press News with analysis from Jules Gross:
apnews.com/article/trump-…

#Elections #USElection #Bots #FakeCampaign #InfluenceOperations

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 David Klepper ⤵️

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 Angelo Fichera:
apnews.com/article/vaccin…

'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 David Klepper @APJoshGoodman
apnews.com/article/jair-b…

“I love Elon Twitter so far,” tweeted a user who goes by the name Some Dude. “The chaos is glorious!” ⁦David Klepper⁩ ⁦Matt O'Brien⁩ apnews.com/article/0bf6e0…

'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 David Klepper
apnews.com/article/2022-m…

“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 Diane Jeantet @ap

apnews.com/article/jair-b…

.Governor Dan McKee is set to announce tomorrow an e-bike rebate program named in honor of Erika Niedowski, 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)

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

2 Russians seek asylum after reaching remote Alaskan island (from The Associated Press) apnews.com/article/d6df61…

“One of the penalties of an ecological education is that one lives alone in a world of wounds.”
nytimes.com/2022/09/20/opi…

spa day

'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 David Klepper Ali Swenson
apnews.com/article/techno…

via ⁦⁦The New York Times⁩: “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/cli…

My latest: TikTok search results riddled with misinformation: Report (from The Associated Press) apnews.com/article/5cdbe1…

“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.”
apnews.com/article/russia…

BALMORAL CASTLE, Scotland (AP) — Buckingham Palace says Queen Elizabeth II, Britain’s longest-reigning monarch, has died at 96 after 70 years on throne.