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Facebook and TikTok have blocked hashtags that were being used to spread misinformation and conspiracy theories about the presidential election. The hashtags generally revolved around unfounded claims that Democrats are trying to manipulate the election to defeat President Trump. On ...

Conspiracy theories have made their way into mainstream politics, with QAnon and misinformation about large-scale voter fraud among the most visible. Today we talk about a new study on misinformation and conspiracy theories around the 2020 election. We talk to ...

An unidentified protester (right) interrupts a news conference about the ballot counting in Las Vegas, Nev. on Wednesday. Getty Images LONDON (Project Syndicate)—President Donald Trump, perhaps unsurprisingly, has alleged fraud in the Nov. 3 presidential election, without offering what anyone ...

Even before Election Day, Donald Trump cast doubts on Pennsylvania’s mail-in ballots. The Supreme Court’s decision permitting the state to accept absentee ballots for several days after the election, he tweeted, “is a VERY dangerous one. It will allow rampant ...

A misleading video clip of Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has been spreading on social media without any warning labels since Saturday after having been promoted by members of President Donald Trump’s inner circle. In the 24-second clip from an ...

Image copyright Kameleon007 In the final weeks of the US election campaign all manner of false and misleading things are being shared on social media. Here are some of the most recent – and false – claims. Postal votes The ...

OAKLAND, Calif. — Facebook said it’s readied new safeguards for the 2020 U.S. elections that have it better prepared to deal with candidates who prematurely declare victory or contest official results and the possibility of voter intimidation by alleged — ...

The conservative group Judicial Watch has filed a lawsuit against Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold over claims that Colorado has more voters than it has people. But the lawsuit lacks merit on a number of fronts, according to attorney ...

A photo shows a section of an absentee ballot mailed to a Brooklyn voter. | AP Photo NEW YORK — For months, President Donald Trump has made baseless claims of voter fraud, insisted he would only lose an election that ...

In this election season, misinformation seems to be everywhere. Concern about the state of the post office and absentee voting has fueled misleading, viral images of collection boxes. Racist conspiracy theorists have brought back birtherism to attack vice presidential candidate ...

43% of Republicans identify fraud as a major problem with voting by mail versus 11% of Democrats President Donald Trump speaks as a picture of Democratic vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris is seen on a screen during a news conference ...

Michael Caputo, assistant secretary for public affairs at the Department of Health and Human Services, reportedly promoted a conspiracy theory of an armed left-wing revolt if President Donald Trump were to be re-elected in November, The New York Times reported ...

WASHINGTON — The top communications official at the powerful cabinet department in charge of combating the coronavirus made outlandish and false accusations on Sunday that career government scientists were engaging in “sedition” in their handling of the pandemic and that ...

By Simon Lewis, Joseph Tanfani 19 Min Read WASHINGTON (Reuters) – For months, President Donald Trump has tried to convince Americans that the Nov. 3 election will be “rigged,” claiming without evidence that mail voting will open the door to ...

WASHINGTON – As the U.S. coronavirus death toll climbed to 185,000 this week, President Donald Trump commandeered multiple news cycles by spreading unfounded conspiracy theories and shooting down Internet gossip about his own health. Monday: Trump claimed in a television ...