Supporters of President Donald Trump outside the U.S. Capitol Building on Jan. 6. A new Graphika and Stanford report documents how Russian disinformation has thrived on alt-right sites. (Elvert Barnes / Flickr)
The report found a web of 35 accounts linked to suspected Russian information operators spreading lies about rigged elections, the Ukraine war and political issues.
Clark County Election Department poll workers check people in at a table as people vote at the Meadows Mall on November 08, 2022 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
People cast their vote in the 2022 midterm election on Election Day on November 8, 2022 on the Michigan State University campus in East Lansing, Michigan. (Bill Pugliano/Getty Images)
Election deniers are increasingly being radicalized on alternative sites which lack content moderation, experts say. They believe the disinformation could pose a physical security threat to election…
Poll watchers and challengers sign in before observing Michigan election workers pre-sort ballots ahead of Tuesday’s midterm elections in Detroit, Michigan. (Bill Pugliano/Getty Images)
A large screen displays United States President Joe Biden, left, and China’s President Xi Jinping during a virtual summit as people walk by during the evening CCTV news broadcast outside a shopping mall on November 16, 2021 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Kevin Frayer/Getty Images)
An attendee at the 2022 DEF CON cybersecurity conference in Las Vegas who identified himself only as Will examined the inside of an electronic voting machine at the Voting Village on Aug. 13, 2022. Photo by AJ Vicens/CyberScoop
In the era of the "Big Lie," the Voting Village has another — and possibly more challenging — mission to fight conspiracy theories.
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Nathan Baron votes with his daughter Ava by his side at the Western Lakes fire station on August 09, 2022 in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin. Wisconsin held its primary election today. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)