Cornell University researchers: Grokipedia cites sources deemed “generally unreliable” or “blacklisted” by Wikipedia, like neo-Nazi sites Stormfront and VDare
An analysis by researchers at Cornell University is the first comprehensive look at Grokipedia since Musk launched his project last month. Bluesky: @robertscotthorton , @carnage4life , and @nrvscrcts ...
X files an objection to including X accounts belonging or related to Infowars in the outlet's bankruptcy auction, arguing it has ownership of all X accounts
including in bankruptcy—without his leave. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/ gov.us... [image] @fraying.bsky.social : Stipulated that Musk and Jones are the fucking worst, but yeah, you have never own...
X lifts the permanent ban on Infowars host Alex Jones, after Elon Musk conducted a 24-hour poll, resulting in 70.1% voting in favor of restoring Jones' account
the InfoWars host, and Sandy Hook families' menace. Critics of Elon Musk's X, Tesla and auto industry bloggers including software developer Travis Brown, Plainsite founder Aaron Greenspan, private je...
X lifts the permanent ban on Infowars host Alex Jones' account, after Elon Musk conducted a poll that resulted in 70.1% voting in favor of restoring the account
Elon Musk has restored the X account of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, pointing to a poll on the social media platform formerly known …
Baseless claims about Democrat-led coup on Facebook and Twitter are riling up Trump supporters and raising concerns about election-day violence
Baseless claims are circulating online about a Democrat-led coup, inflaming tensions in an already turbulent election season. Tweets: @meanprogress , @ronrosenbaum1 , @puiwingtam , @daveyalba , @davey...
Infowars' War Room relaunched its YouTube channel a day after Susan Wojcicki's letter to creators; YouTube deleted the channel after reports of its relaunch
again Kevin Webb / Business Insider : A YouTuber who was reportedly connected to the Christchurch shooter had his channel deleted … Chris Mills Rodrigo / The Hill : YouTube takes down Infowars again X...
Profile of CarpeDonktum, a stay-at-home dad posting highly popular pro-Trump memes and blurring the lines between viral trolling and the business of politics
A stay-at-home dad in Kansas reveals how the lines have blurred between viral trolling and the business of politics. Tweets: @cwarzel , @eddiezipperer , and @annehelen Tweets: Charlie Warzel / @cwarze...
Instagram, which has largely escaped scrutiny, is teeming with conspiracy theories, misinformation, and extremist memes, linked by its recommendation algorithm
When Alex, now a high-school senior, saw an Instagram account he followed post about something called QAnon back in 2017 … Tweets: @mims , @taylorlorenz , @taylorlorenz , @taylorlorenz , @elcush , @sl...
Despite Alex Jones' YouTube ban, an account posting only InfoWars content, called Resistance News, had millions of views, before YouTube took it down today
Although YouTube has banned several channels associated with conspiracy theorist Alex Jones' Infowars site, the outlet still maintains …
Roku says it is removing two Infowars channels on its platform after criticism from users and a rebuke from some Sandy Hook families
Rachel Yang / Variety :