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Ron Watkins, the 8chan Troll and QAnon Evangelist, Says He’s Running for Congress
Online creeper and far-right conspiracy theorist Ron Watkins has filed the necessary paperwork and on Thursday announced his intent to run for Congress in the state of Arizona in 2023.
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Reddit Forums Are Going Dark To Protest The Platform’s Antivax Tolerance
More than 100 subreddits with tens of millions of users between them are all going dark this week in protest of Reddit’s inexplicable decision to allow communities to spread misinformation about COVID-19 and its vaccines. Reddit’s stance became clear last week when the company’s CEO, Steve Huffman, responded to a moderator’s pleas to shut these…
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Facebook Releases Shelved Transparency Report on Its Most Popular Posts
After facing widespread criticism, Facebook has unveiled a transparency report that it initially shelved about the most popular posts on its public News Feed in the U.S. during the first quarter of 2021. The report offers a glimpse into how far misinformation about the covid-19 vaccine has spread online.
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Conspiracy Video Platform Rumble Is Recruiting Its Own Motley Crew of Influencers
The Canadian video hosting platform Rumble, which has become a conservative and far-right stronghold, has thrown a Hail Mary pass: it’s now recruiting more diverse (read: less alt-right) personalities to join the site and “challenge the status quo” in their own fashion. Most prominently, they’ve enlisted former Representative Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) and agitator journalist Glenn…