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  • The Twitter profile belonging to the 46th US President Joe Biden on an Apple iPhone mobile phonePolitics

    Check sources, know your blind spots, and pay attention to your emotions: Tips for navigating social media on Election Day

    By David Klepper and The Associated Press
  • Person looking at phoneTech

    Popular far-right video sharing platform Rumble is riddled with election misinformation, study says

    By David Klepper and The Associated Press
  • FILE – Affidavit printers are lined up at the Maricopa County Elections Department in Phoenix, Sept. 8, 2022. The seeds of misinformation about next week’s midterm elections were planted in 2020. And despite efforts by tech companies to slow their spread, misleading claims about mail ballots, vote tallying and certification never went away. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)Politics

    Here’s what election misinformation you can expect in the 2022 midterms

    By David Klepper and The Associated Press
  • GRUENHEIDE, GERMANY – AUGUST 13: Tesla CEO Elon Musk talks during a tour of the plant of the future foundry of the Tesla Gigafactory on August 13, 2021 in Grünheide near Berlin, Germany. The US company plans to build around 500,000 of the compact Model 3 and Model Y series here every year. (Photo by Patrick Pleul – Pool/Getty Images)Tech

    Just days after buying Twitter, Elon Musk fuels a surge in misinformation on the service about the Pelosi attack

    By David Klepper and The Associated Press
  • Elon Musk speaks at a conference.Tech

    Elon Musk’s Twitter faces early test in U.S. midterms: ‘Disinformation can pay off big time’

    By David Klepper and The Associated Press
  • FILE – The Facebook logo is seen on a mobile phone, Oct. 14, 2022, in Boston. Social media platforms like Facebook, TikTok and Twitter say they’re taking steps to prevent the spread of misinformation about voting and elections ahead of next month’s midterm elections. Yet a look at some of the most popular platforms shows baseless claims about election fraud continue to flourish. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File)Politics

    ‘You would think that they would have learned by now.’ Facebook and other social media still serve up election lies weeks before midterms

    By David Klepper and The Associated Press
  • 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