Amanda Seitz
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Officials squash rumors of far right, far left setting fires
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SEATTLE (AP) — Raging wildfires in the Pacific Northwest have fueled a barrage of false information this week as unsubstantiated social media posts blamed coordinated groups of arsonists from both
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Amanda Seitz The AP’s published a story about the proliferation of this misinformation as fires raged on Thursday. The FBI warned of the problem on Friday. Facebook didn’t take this action until late Saturday. 171d
False claims of antifa protesters plague small U.S. cities
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CHICAGO (AP) — In the days since President Donald Trump blamed antifa activists for an eruption of violence at protests over police killings of black people, social media has lit up with false...
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Amanda Seitz Both Twitter and Facebook have busted hate groups for launching fake social media fake accounts that pose as antifa groups 273d
Twitter to label disputed COVID-19 tweets
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Chicago (AP) — Twitter announced Monday it will warn users when a tweet contains disputed or misleading information about the coronavirus. The new rule is the latest in a wave of stricter...
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Amanda Seitz Twitter will label "disputed" tweets about COVID-19 but won't go as far as fact-checking because "people don't want us to play the role of deciding for them what's true and what's not true." 296d
Trump's harsh words on 'squad' reinforce dark posts online
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Long before President Donald Trump turned up the heat on four Democratic congresswomen of color, saying they should "go back" to their home countries, hateful rhetoric and...
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Amanda Seitz Long before President Donald Trump told four Democratic congresswomen of color, saying they should “go back” to their home countries, hateful rhetoric and disinformation about the self-described squad was lurking online. 593d