Journalist: Emilie Bilodeau Source Link: La Presse March 7, 2021 A Brossard family victim of repeated attacks by a woman on the Internet tells about its fight to cleanse its reputation. “Scammer”, “pedophile”, “child molester”: a Torontonian posted nearly 12,000 false comments targeting 150 people on the web. Its victims, some of whom live in…
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Buzzfeed – “Mark Changed The Rules”: How Facebook Went Easy On Alex Jones And Other Right-Wing Figures
Facebook’s rules to combat misinformation and hate speech are subject to the whims and political considerations of its CEO and his policy team leader. Journalist: Ryan Mac and Craig Silverman Source Link: BuzzFeed February 21, 2021 In April 2019, Facebook was preparing to ban one of the internet’s most notorious spreaders of misinformation and hate,…
Rioters Followed a Long Conspiratorial Road to the Capitol
Journalist: Elizabeth Williamson Source Link: New York Times January 27, 2021 When Brendan Hunt was arrested and charged with demanding the “public execution” of Democratic leaders this month, students of American conspiracy theory could hardly be surprised. Two decades ago, Mr. Hunt, a 37-year-old sometime Shakespearean actor, had spread misinformation around the Sept. 11 terrorist…
After Alex Jones loses appeal, a Sandy Hook father looks forward to ‘face to face’ meeting in court
Journalist: Rob Ryser Source Link: CNT January 25, 2021 Two fathers who lost children in the Sandy Hook massacre spoke out on Monday after the highest court in Texas rejected appeals by extremist Alex Jones to dismiss their defamation lawsuits against him. “The First Amendment doesn’t give you the right to slander or defame or…
INTERVIEW – 60 Minutes: What is Section 230 and Why Do People Want it Repealed? 
January 3, 2021 Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996 protects internet platforms from liability for what users post on their sites. But what happens when users post illegal, harassing, and threating content, and lives are damaged without recourse? Scott Pelley reports on Lenny Pozner, the HONR Network, and some of the victims…
For the Father of a Sandy Hook Victim, Conspiracy Theories Are Much More Than Just Internet Fodder
Journalist: Ruth Bashinsky Source Link: Inside Edition November 21, 2020 The father of one of the 20 elementary school children killed in the Sandy Hook massacre speaks about the toll it has taken on his life fighting back against conspiracy theorists out to prove the tragedy didn’t occur. Lenny Pozner has a lot to say…
He was shot in Kenosha, then received threats – a frightening pattern after high-profile incidents
Journalist: Gina Barton Source Link: USA Today September 22, 2020 Gaige Grosskreutz wasn’t even out of the hospital when his phone started blowing up. Shot point blank in the arm with an AR-15, he was the only person to survive a triple shooting at a protest condemning the shooting of Jacob Blake by Kenosha police in Wisconsin. Weeks…
DOCUMENTARY – FRONTLINE: UNITED STATES OF CONSPIRACY
July 28, 2020 Frontline examines Alex Jones and his conspiracy theories. Source Link: Frontline PBS THIS SANDY HOOK FATHER LIVES IN HIDING BECAUSE OF CONSPIRACY THEORIES FUELED BY ALEX JONES Source Link: Frontline PBS July 28, 2020 Lenny Pozner lives in hiding. His six-year-old son Noah was one of the 20 elementary school children killed…
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