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Pro-Trump Communities Spent Years Claiming Elections Were ‘Rigged.’ Now They Support Gerrymandering.
Users on platforms where election conspiracy theories have spread are rallying behind partisan redistricting efforts ahead of 2026 midterms
16 hrs ago
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ICMYI: April Roundup
Conflicting claims about the Iran War, leadership struggles at CBS News, and follow-up research on 4chan's "Adult Requests" board
May 1
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4chan's ‘Deepfakes’ of Celebrity Women Seem to Spike When Women Make Headlines
Activity in 4chan's “Adult Requests” board suggests “deepfake” targeting of female celebrities may rise in tandem with their media coverage
May 1
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April 2026
CBS News Hired Bari Weiss to Appeal to Conservatives. It Doesn’t Seem to Be Working.
Discussion of CBS News in pro-Trump communities has bottomed out under the network’s new leadership
Apr 24
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Iran's Claims of Alleged Strikes on USS Abraham Lincoln Spread through State-Aligned Telegram Accounts
Iran’s claims, refuted by US Central Command (CENTCOM), gained traction through AI “deepfakes” spread by Russian and Iranian-aligned outlets
Apr 20
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ICYMI: March Roundup
A look back at what we published in March
Apr 2
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March 2026
Polymarket Taps Palantir for On-Chain Monitoring as Fraudulent Schemes Thrive Off-Chain on Telegram
Polymarket’s efforts to slow market manipulation appear to overlook alternative platforms, where account farms and fake insider groups thrive
Mar 26
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Election Denialists' Obsession with Georgia Fueled by Narratives From Gateway Pundit
A small number of hyper-partisan news blogs, activist groups, and online conspiracy theorists are driving electoral discourse in Trump’s second term
Mar 25
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Conspiracy Theories About Bill Gates See Revival Following ‘Epstein Files’ Release
Far-right communities weave new documents into their years-long fixation on the Microsoft co-founder’s philanthropy
Mar 19
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Alternative Platforms Aren't Fringe Anymore
Emerging social media sites remain a critical piece of the online ecosystem, even as their roles in it are changing
Mar 13
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Hank Teran
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ICYMI: February Roundup
A look back on what we published in February 2026
Mar 7
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Dark Market for Explicit AI 'Deepfakes' Evolves on 4chan
Daily activity on 4chan's 'Adult Requests' board nearly tripled over the last year as users victimized women and girls
Mar 6
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Jared Holt
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