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  • FILE – The warehouse at the Maricopa County Elections Department stores all the equipment and signage for all the voting precincts in Phoenix, Sept. 8, 2022. A new poll says Americans from across the political spectrum say misinformation increases extreme political beliefs and hate crimes. The survey from The Pearson Institute and The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research finds that about three-quarters of adult Americans believe misinformation is leading to more extreme political views as well as violence based on race, gender or religion. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)Politics

    ‘My Facebook page is loaded with this stuff’: Three-quarters of Americans say misinformation is increasing political extremism and hate crimes

    By David Klepper and The Associated Press
  • The TikTok logo.Tech

    Candidates turn to TikTok to reach young voters despite security fears: ‘You have to be in the arena’

    By David Klepper and The Associated Press
  • Tucker CarlsonEnvironment

    Tucker Carlson repeats baseless Russian talking point that U.S. was behind gas pipeline sabotage

    By David Klepper and The Associated Press
  • a mobile phone can be seen displaying the logos for Chinese apps WeChat and TikTok in front of a monitor showing the flags of the United States and China on an internet pageTech

    Midterm candidates are embracing TikTok ‘for better or worse’. For a number of officials, it’s worse

    By David Klepper and The Associated Press
  • Vladimir PutinPolitics

    Meta disables massive Russian disinformation network targeting Europe

    By David Klepper and The Associated Press
  • Ukraine invasionTech

    New Twitter policy aims to crack down on war misinformation

    By David Klepper and The Associated Press
  • DELAWARE, OH – APRIL 23: Former U.S. President Donald Trump gestures after speaking during a rally hosted by the former president at the Delaware County Fairgrounds on April 23, 2022 in Delaware, Ohio. Last week, Trump announced his endorsement of J.D. Vance in the Ohio Republican Senate primary. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)Tech

    Back with the banned: Do Twitter’s exiles return under Musk?

    By David Klepper and The Associated Press
  • PARIS, FRANCE – APRIL 26: In this photo illustration, the Elon Musk’s Twitter account is displayed on the screen of an iPhone on April 26, 2022 in Paris, France. The U.S. multi-billionaire Elon Musk bought the social network Twitter on Monday April 25 for the sum of 44 billion dollars after two weeks of arm wrestling with the company’s board of directors. (Photo illustration by Chesnot/Getty Images)Tech

    What Elon Musk’s own tweets reveal about Twitter’s next owner—and his plans for the company

    By David Klepper and The Associated Press
  • Russian Ambassador to the United Nations Vasily Nebenzya speaks during a Security Council meeting, Friday, March 11 at UN headquarters. The Russian request for the Security Council meeting followed a U.S. rejection of Russian accusations that Ukraine is operating chemical and biological labs with U.S. support.International

    Russia’s bioweapon conspiracy theory finds support in U.S.

    By David Klepper, Angelo Fichera, and others
  • BRAZIL – 2021/08/06: In this photo illustration the Facebook logo seen displayed on a smartphone screen. (Photo Illustration by Rafael Henrique/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)Tech

    Facebook bans firm behind COVID-19 vaccine smear campaign

    By David Klepper and The Associated Press
  • Signs for the 2020 Census near the plastic cutlery at Immigrant Food photographed in Washington, DC on December 16, 2019.Politics

    Twitter aims to curb misinformation about the U.S. census with new tool

    By David Klepper and The Associated Press