Misinformation

In Dublin, hundreds of spectators lined the city streets Thursday night in anticipation of a Halloween parade that was soon discovered to be a hoax.

Recent research found Musk's X is ineffective at the time of combating misinformation related to the U.S. election, including claims spread by his account.

Ads that look as though they're from the Harris campaign, but completely misrepresent Vice President Kamala Harris' stances and policies, have begun circulating on social media after being published by a "dark money network" funded by Elon Musk.

According to Bloomberg, Musk posted more than 1,300 times about the topics in 2024, with more than 330 posts in the past 2 months alone

Musk's claims about election security have fueled public doubts, complicating officials' efforts to maintain trust as misinformation spreads rapidly online.

On Thursday, the Oregon Secretary of State Elections Division was forced to halt its phone lines after receiving numerous calls from enraged supporters of Donald Trump following the online spread of misinformation.

"It's really frustrating to even consider these issues, these are just nuisance" said Gabe Monzo of Arnold Palmer Regional Airport

Trump stood by his unfounded claim that Haitian immigrants are eating pets, piling on by adding, "eating other things too, that they're not supposed to be."

When a group of armed individuals confronted FEMA workers in Tennessee, a local volunteer diffused the tension, inspiring protesters to return with donations.

The emergency aid workers worked from "fixed locations" and paused "going out into the community" until the threat was addressed.

Elon Musk actively backs Trump's candidacy, leveraging X to spread misinformation and mobilize voters through his super PAC, America PAC.

While both presidential campaigns focus on winning the swing state, Arizona poll workers face threats linked to the 2020 election.

The former president has said that the White House is diverting disaster relief aid to unrelated migrant programs, a claim debunked by FEMA's head

"This comes from the same person that said vile statements about migrants poisoning the blood of our country", said press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre when asked about the statement

"It's really a shame that we're putting politics ahead of helping people, and that's what we're here to do," said FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell on ABC News

54% of respondents in the Axios survey agreed with the statement, "I've disengaged from politics because I can't tell what's true"

The comments arrive amid recent incidents in Springfield which has prompted Columbus to consider establishing a commission on immigration and refugee affairs

Roughly half of those polled by KFF were unaware that undocumented immigrants are ineligible for federally funded health insurance programs

The claims have spiked after the last presidential debate when Donald Trump called Kamala Harris and her father "Marxists"

Oliver mockingly referred to Trump's comments on the debate stage as an "exceptional moment in American oratory"

The report comes after the US government accused Russia's state news agency RT earlier this month of seeking to influence the presidential election in November and imposed sanctions on its top editors.

"The American media totally ignored this stuff until Donald Trump and I started talking about cat memes" said Vance on CNN

"My son was not murdered," Nathan Clark said. "He was accidentally killed by an immigrant from Haiti"

The false claims, made by Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance about Haitians in his home state of Ohio, spread like wildfire

Advocates believe the focus on this narrative threatens to sow distrust in the election system and could be used to justify challenges should Trump lose

The project is an offspring from Efecto Cocuyo, a local news organization with a specialized fact-checking unit

The site that helps Latinos combat fake news in Spanish is getting ready for its toughest test yet: the 2024 elections

As Latinos emerge as a powerful community, they also become prime targets of misinformation, says the Spanish-language network's news presenter

Misinformation and disinformation top the list for the following two years, while extreme weather events are the main one over the next ten

Climate conspiracy theories are flourishing with lifestyle influencers joining in the misinformation war and scientists hounded on social media, researchers say, as pressure rises on leaders at the COP28 summit.