Squelched by Twitter, Trump seeks new online megaphone
Associated Press: Frank Bajak One Twitter wag joked about lights flickering on and off at the White House being Donald Trump signaling to...
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- Jan 9, 2021
Capitol siege was planned online. Trump supporters now planning the next one.
Twitter cited dangerous talk and online planning in banning Trump’s account The Washington Post: Craig Timberg The planning for...
- Jan 7, 2021
QAnon supporters believed marching on the Capitol could trigger 'The Storm'
Business Insider: Tom Porter Before she was fatally shot in the chaos that engulfed the Capitol on Wednesday, Ashli Babbitt wrote a...
- Jan 5, 2021
Yahoo News - Exclusive: Pandemic relief aid went to media that promoted COVID misinformation
Since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, public health officials have warned about the dangers of a parallel “infodemic” — the...
- Jan 4, 2021
CNN - How the far right peddles fear and nonsense to Latinos ahead of Georgia vote
In November's general election, disinformation campaigns aimed at Spanish-speaking voters were rampant on social media in South Florida,...
- Dec 19, 2020
USA Today - Massive Russian hack attack threatens national security and fuels disinformation warfare
Cindy Otis, VP of Analysis at Alethea Group shared her thoughts in USA Today on how the recent SolarWinds cyber incident will fuel the...
- Dec 15, 2020
Yahoo News - QAnon believers spread false claims about COVID-19 vaccine touted by Trump
Cindy Otis, VP of Analysis weighs in on COVID-19 vaccine disinformation and QAnon. “Since QAnon is essentially a...
- Dec 9, 2020
USA Today - Dire warnings of public health crisis as COVID-19 vaccine misinformation rages
Alethea Group Founder and CEO Lisa Kaplan weighs in on the devastating impacts COVID-19 vaccine disinformation could have on society....
- Dec 1, 2020
Alethea Group Founder & CEO Lisa Kaplan Named to Forbes 30 Under 30 List
From Reducing Incarceration To Fighting Disinformation: These 30 Under 30 Social Impact Leaders Will Change World In 2021 At 29 years of...
- Nov 14, 2020
This American Life - Personal Recount
Alethea Group Founder and CEO, Lisa Kaplan, speaks with Ira Glass about the disinformation narratives talking hold post-election. Listen...
- Nov 12, 2020
Yahoo News - Life after QAnon: Trump's loss allows some to escape conspiracy cult's grip
“It’s more the choose-your-own-adventure of conspiracy theories than something of doctrine at this point,” said Lisa Kaplan, CEO and...
- Nov 6, 2020
BBC - US election 2020: How a misleading post went from the fringes to Trump’s Twitter
Cindy Otis, vice-president of analysis at the Alethea Group, which investigates disinformation and social media manipulation, confirmed...
- Nov 5, 2020
The Daily Beast - Trump National Security Officials Horrified by His Election Lies
“Due to the abdication of responsibility of those in power to create systemic change to our information ecosystem, we're playing a...
- Nov 4, 2020
The New York Times - 3 Types of Misinformation Spreading After the Election
Alethea Group Founder and CEO, Lisa Kaplan weighs in on the false rumors of vote counts jumping in swing states. “Processes for state...
- Nov 4, 2020
CNN - How a Michigan election map with false information went viral & landed in Trump's Twitter feed
Working with the Alethea Group, CNN found evidence that the screenshot may have made its first appearance online when it circulated early...
- Nov 4, 2020
The New York Times - Twitter Clamped Down on Trump, but Army of Accounts Spread His Message
Lisa Kaplan, the founder of Alethea Group said the copy-paste method was a common strategy. “Sophisticated actors have shown they’re...
- Nov 4, 2020
The Washington Post - Trump’s early victory declarations test tech giants’ mettle in policing threat
Twitter on Tuesday removed a network of accounts pushing anti-Biden conspiracy theories and other extremist content as part of a...
- Nov 3, 2020
NBC News - Twitter takes down network of spam accounts pushing anti-Biden conspiracy theories
Twitter suspended a spam network of about 150 accounts pushing anti-Biden conspiracy theories on Election Day for platform manipulation....
- Nov 3, 2020
Foreign Policy - Foreign Actors Haven’t Interfered Like Last Time. But the Disinfo Is Just Beginning
Taking its cues from Trump and other Republican officials, Russian state-sponsored media like RT and Sputnik have been “hammering” the...
- Nov 3, 2020
Associated Press - Pennsylvania emerges as online misinformation hot spot
More misinformation is likely to pop up as the outcome of the race is being determined in battleground states like Arizona and Wisconsin,...
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