Disinformation Database

The Disinformation Database

Article Title	Source	Disinformation Cycle Stage	Content Context	Information Disorder Type	Content Type	Dissemination Platform	Amplification Method	Geography	Article Publish Date	Article Author	Aggressor
How anti-vaxxers get around Instagram’s new hashtag controls	Coda Story	Calibrate: Attack, Calibrate: Defend	Anti-Vaccine			Instagram	Hashtag Hijacking, Obfuscated Post Content		2020-06-12	Isobel Cockerell, Sofiya Voznaya
As wildfires rage, false antifa rumors spur pleas from police	NBC News	Produce: Attack, Publish: Attack, Amplify: Attack, Amplify: Defend	2020 California Wildfires, Antifa, QAnon, Black Lives Matter, Proud Boys	Fabricated Content	Article, Text Post	Facebook, Twitter	Facebook Groups, Inauthentic Post Amplification, Public Figure / Celebrity	United States of America	2020-09-11	Brandy Zadrozny, Ben Collins
Reporting for Duty: How A Network of Pakistan-Based Accounts Leveraged Mass Reporting to Silence Critics	Stanford University	Position: Attack, Produce: Attack, Amplify: Attack	Human Rights Activists, Islam, Pakistan, Marketing, Anti-Semitism, Government, Military, Coronavirus		Inauthentic Reporting, Inauthentic Social Media Accounts, Inauthentic Social Media Groups / Pages, Hashtag, Image, Video, Meme	Facebook, Instagram, YouTube	Inauthentic Post Amplification, Brigading, Facebook Groups	Pakistan, India	2020-09-01	Shelby Grossman, Ross Ewald, Jennifer John, Asfandyar Mir, Kim Ngo, Natasha Patel, David Thiel	Pakistan
How conspiracy theories surged after the Beirut explosion	Coda Story	Amplify: Attack, Publish: Attack	2020 Beirut Explosion	Misleading Content	Text post, Video	Mainstream Media Reporting, Twitter, WhatsApp	Government Figure, Inauthentic Post Amplification, Mainstream Media, Public Figure / Celebrity		2020-08-06	Emily Lewis
Facebook Removes Troll Farm Pretending to Be African-Americans in Support of Trump	NBC News	Amplify: Attack, Calibrate: Defend, Position: Defend	2020 Black Lives Matter Protests, 2020 US Election, QAnon, Trump		Comments / Replies, Inauthentic Social Media Accounts, Inauthentic Social Media Groups / Pages, Meme, Text post	Facebook, Instagram	Inauthentic Social Media Account	United States of America	2020-08-06	Ben Collins, Kevin Collier
Google queries in Africa reveal how coronavirus disinformation is evolving	Coda Story	Amplify: Defend	Coronavirus			WhatsApp			2020-08-05	Rachel Sherman
More celebrities join the growing conspiracy theory movement	Coda Story	Amplify: Attack	Anti-Vaccine, Anti-Semitism, Bill Gates, Coronavirus, QAnon		Text post, Video	Instagram, Twitter			2020-07-29	Isobel Cockerell
How K-pop information warfare outmaneuvered the far right	Coda Story	Amplify: Defend					Hashtag Hijacking		2020-07-24	Chaewon Chung, Isobel Cockerell, Rachel Sherman	K-pop fans
Duterte’s troll armies drown out Covid-19 dissent in the Philippines	Coda Story	Amplify: Attack	Coronavirus		Comments / Replies, Hashtag, Imposter Social Media Accounts, Text post	Facebook, Twitter	Bot Account, Inauthentic Post Amplification, Inauthentic Social Media Account	Phillipines	2020-07-21	Lynzy Billing, Sofiya Voznaya
The Conspiracy Singularity Has Arrived	Vice News		Anti-Vaccine, Coronavirus, George Floyd Killing, Government, QAnon						2020-07-17	Anna Merlan
In Kazakhstan, coronavirus conspiracies are the latest celebrity craze	Coda Story	Amplify: Attack, Calibrate: Defend, Publish: Attack, Research: Defend	Coronavirus	Misleading Content	Misleading Statistics, Text post	Government Website, Instagram, Telegram, WhatsApp	Government Figure, Public Figure / Celebrity	Khazakhstan	2020-07-17	Katiya Patin
Doctor by day, anti-disinfo warrior by night: fighting Yemen’s Covid-19 crisis	Coda Story	Position: Defend, Produce: Defend, Research: Defend	Coronavirus	False Context	Article, Inauthentic Fake News Accusation, Misleading Statistics, Oral Statement	Facebook, Government Figure, State Media		Yemen	2020-07-10	Casey Coombs
Tensions skyrocket in Serbia as the president casts street protestors as violent conspiracists	Coda Story	Amplify: Attack, Publish: Attack	Anti-Government Protests, Government		Inauthentic Fake News Accusation	Government Figure, Mainstream Media Reporting	Government Figure, Mainstream Media	Serbia	2020-07-09	Katiya Patin
Right-Wing Media Outlets Duped by a Middle East Propaganda Campaign	The Daily Beast		Middle East, State funded media	Imposter Content	Text post	Alternative Media, LinkedIn, Twitter	Inauthentic News Site, Inauthentic Persona, Inauthentic Post Amplification, Inauthentic Social Media Account, Public Figure / Celebrity	Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Libya, Quatar, Turkey, United Arab Emirates	2020-07-07	Adam Rawnsley
South Korean police don’t use purple dye cannons on protesters	Full Fact		2020 Black Lives Matter Protests	Fabricated Content	Image, Text post	Facebook		United Kingdom	2020-06-26	Rachael Krishna
Facebook post about Italy, coronavirus and 5G is almost all false	Full Fact		5G, Anti-Vaccine, Coronavirus, Healthcare	Fabricated Content	Article, Text post	Alternative Media, Facebook, Personal Website	"Please Share" Call to Action		2020-06-26	Grace Rahman
Alcohol-based hand sanitiser cannot catch fire, without a spark, just because it's in a hot car	Full Fact		Coronavirus, Healthcare	Misleading Content	Text post	Facebook, Government Figure		United Kingdom	2020-06-24	Rachael Krishna
Footballers aren’t banned from wearing the poppy	Full Fact		2020 Black Lives Matter Protests, Political Correctness	False Context	Screenshot, Text post	Facebook	"Please Share" Call to Action	United Kingdom	2020-06-24	Abbas Panjwani
Coronavirus: How a false rumour led to hate online	BBC News, BBC Reality Check		Bill Gates, Coronavirus, Healthcare	Imposter Content, Misleading Content	Inauthentic Documents, Inauthentic Website, Text post, Video	Facebook, Inauthentic Website, Twitter, YouTube	Public Figure / Celebrity		2020-06-19	Jack Goodman	Jordan Sather
Sioux Falls Chamber apologizes for saying protest buses came to city from Fargo	INFORUM		2020 Black Lives Matter Protests	Fabricated Content	Text post	Facebook, Twitter	Public Figure / Celebrity		2020-06-07	Barry Amundson
White nationalist group posing as antifa called for violence on Twitter	NBC News		2020 Black Lives Matter Protests, Antifa, George Floyd Killing	Fabricated Content	Hashtag, Manipulated Image, Screenshot, Text post	Compromised Social Media Accounts, Inauthentic Social Media Accounts, Text Message, Twitter	Bot Account, Compromised Social Media Account, Inauthentic Post Amplification, Inauthentic Social Media Account, Public Figure / Celebrity	United States of America	2020-06-02	Ben Collins, Brandy Zadrozny, Emmanuelle Saliba	Identity Evropa
George Floyd’s ‘Fake’ Death	New York Times		George Floyd Killing	Fabricated Content	Text post, Video	Facebook, Twitter, YouTube	Facebook Groups, Public Figure / Celebrity		2020-06-01	Davey Alba	JonXArmy, QAnon
The George Soros Conspiracy	New York Times		2020 Black Lives Matter Protests, George Floyd Killing, George Soros	Fabricated Content	Text post, Video	Facebook, Twitter, YouTube	Government Figure		2020-06-01	Davey Alba
Antifa Misinformation-	New York Times		2020 Black Lives Matter Protests, Antifa	Fabricated Content	Inauthentic Documents, Text post	Facebook, Mainstream Media Reporting, Twitter	Government Figure, Mainstream Media, Public Figure / Celebrity		2020-06-01	Davey Alba
Like a virus; The coordinated spread of coronavirus disinformation	Centre for Responsible Technology, The Australia Institute		Coronavirus, Government, Healthcare, Marketing, QAnon		Article, Image, Manipulated Image, Meme, Text post	Twitter	Bot Account, Compromised Social Media Account, Inauthentic Post Amplification, Inauthentic Social Media Account	Istanbul, Paraguay, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Turkey, United States of America	2020-05-31	Axel Bruns, Guangnan Zhu, Rod Campbell, Timothy Graham	Pro-Trump, QAnon, Republican
How coronavirus 'changes the game' for the anti-vaccination movement	ABC News		5G, Anti-Vaccine, Bill Gates, Coronavirus, Healthcare	Fabricated Content	Meme, Retweets/Likes, Text post, Video	Facebook, Instagram, Mainstream Media Reporting, TikTok, YouTube	Facebook Groups, Hashtag Hijacking, Public Figure / Celebrity	Australia	2020-05-30	Ariel Bogle, Michael Workman, Stephen Hutcheon
Troll farms from North Macedonia and the Philippines pushed coronavirus disinformation on Facebook	NBC News		5G, Anti-Vaccine, Coronavirus, Government, Healthcare	Fabricated Content	Video	Alternative Media, Facebook	Facebook Groups, Inauthentic Post Amplification, Inauthentic Social Media Account		2020-05-29	Ben Collins, Brandy Zadrozny	Amazing Cures, Brighteon, Content farm, GMO Dangers, Mike Adams, Natural News, NewsTarget, North Macedonia, Philippines, The Health Ranger
Revealed: US-funded website spreading COVID misinformation in Armenia	openDemocracy		Anti-Vaccine, Coronavirus, Healthcare	Fabricated Content	Article	Alternative Media		Armenia	2020-05-28	Tatev Hovhannisyan
The online competition between pro- and anti-vaccination views	Nature Research Journal		Anti-Vaccine			Facebook	Facebook Groups		2020-05-13	Minzhang Zheng, Neil Johnson, Nicholas Gabriel, Nicholas Johnson Restrepo, Nicolas Velásquez, Pedro Manrique, Rhys Leahy, Sara El Oud, Stefan Wuchty, Yonatan Lupu
Viral Facebook post is wrong on deaths in first three months of 2020	Full Fact		Coronavirus, Healthcare	Manipulated Content	Screenshot, Text post	Facebook		United Kingdom	2020-05-12	Leo Benedictus
Two police forces did not use the same photo to illustrate two different lockdown crimes	Full Fact		Emergency Services	Fabricated Content	Image, Manipulated Image, Screenshot, Text post	Facebook, Twitter		United Kingdom	2020-05-11	Rachael Krishna
A scientific review did not conclude that there are no cases of children transmitting the new coronavirus	Full Fact		Coronavirus, Government, Healthcare	False Connection	Article	Mainstream Media Reporting	Mainstream Media	United Kingdom	2020-05-07	Kate Lewis
Health Secretary uses Facebook poll to estimate coronavirus tracking app take-up	Full Fact		Coronavirus, Government, Healthcare	Misleading Content	Article, Oral Statement	Government Website, Oral Statement	Government Figure	United Kingdom	2020-05-07	Abbas Panjwani
The Control of Diseases Act was not changed in April to say you can be forcibly vaccinated	Full Fact		Anti-Vaccine, Coronavirus	False Connection	Text post, Video	Facebook, Twitter, YouTube	Facebook Groups, Public Figure / Celebrity	United Kingdom	2020-05-07	Grace Rahman
This post about Covid-19 and blood clotting conditions contains inaccuracies	Full Fact		Coronavirus, Healthcare	Misleading Content	Text post	Facebook, Twitter		United Kingdom	2020-05-07	Kate Lewis
There’s no evidence immigrants caused a PPE shipment to be destroyed at Dover	Full Fact		Coronavirus, Immigration	Fabricated Content	Image, Text post	Facebook		United Kingdom	2020-05-05	Joseph O'Leary
It's incorrect to say flu vaccines don't work	Full Fact		Anti-Vaccine, Coronavirus, Healthcare	Misleading Content	Image, Text post	Facebook			2020-05-05	Kate Lewis
A Nobel Prize-winning immunologist has not said coronavirus is manmade, as claimed	Full Fact		Coronavirus, Healthcare	Fabricated Content	Image, Screenshot, Text post	Facebook, Twitter	Government Figure, Public Figure / Celebrity		2020-04-30	Abbas Panjwani
The Maytrix Group receives no money from Captain Tom’s fundraiser	Full Fact		Charity	False Context	Image, Screenshot, Text post	Facebook		United Kingdom	2020-04-30	Claire Milne
Hungary’s new coronavirus legislation could have journalists jailed	Coda Story	Calibrate: Attack, Position: Attack	Disinformation					Hungary	2020-04-30	Matej Voda	Own Government
An image of a dog vaccine for a different coronavirus has gone viral	Full Fact		Coronavirus	False Connection	Image, Screenshot	Facebook			2020-04-23	Grace Rahman
Uncovering Operation NEPTUN, the Cold War’s Most Daring Disinformation Campaign	WIRED		Cold War, Operation NEPTUN	False Context	Inauthentic Documents	Mainstream Media Reporting	Mainstream Media	Germany	2020-04-15	Thomas Rid
If you need the police but can’t talk, dial 999 from a mobile, then 55 when prompted and don’t hang up	Full Fact		Emergency Services, Feminism	Manipulated Content	Text post	Twitter	Government Figure, Legitimate Business / Charity Organisation, Public Figure / Celebrity	United Kingdom	2020-04-14	Claire Milne, Grace Rahman
Meet the celebrities pushing 5G coronavirus conspiracies to millions of fans	Coda Story	Amplify: Attack	5G, Coronavirus	False Context	Comments / Replies, Text post, Video	Instagram, Twitter	Public Figure / Celebrity		2020-04-14	Ashley Jung, Isobel Cockerell
This viral voice message about ambulances shared on WhatsApp is inaccurate	Full Fact		Coronavirus, Government, Healthcare	Fabricated Content	Voice Message	Text Message, WhatsApp		United Kingdom	2020-04-08	Claire Milne
Blocking information on COVID-19 can fuel the spread of misinformation	Nature Research Journal	Amplify: Attack, Amplify: Defend	Coronavirus	Fabricated Content		Twitter, Government Figure	Inauthentic Social Media Account	United States of America, Iran, Russia	2020-03-30	Heidi Larson
Disinformation about Qatar surges in wake of COVID-19	Coda Story	Amplify: Attack, Publish: Attack	Coronavirus		Hashtag	Twitter	Bot Account	Quatar	2020-03-23	Burhanw Wazir
With help from American activists, Ukrainian women are being misled about abortion	openDemocracy		Abortion	Imposter Content	Inauthentic Website	Inauthentic Website		Ukraine	2020-03-18	Tetiana Kozak
False coronavirus rumors surge in 'hidden viral' text messages	NBC News		Coronavirus, Government, Healthcare	Fabricated Content	Text post	Text Message, WhatsApp	"Please Share" Call to Action	United States of America	2020-03-16	Ben Collins
Inside Italian public hospitals, I saw how a US-linked anti-abortion network is ‘humiliating’ women	openDemocracy		Abortion	Misleading Content	Inauthentic Advertisement	Inauthentic Advertisement, Poster		Italy	2020-03-09	Francesca Visser	Heartbeat International, Movimento per la Vita
This little girl has not vanished from your local area-	Full Fact		Missing Persons	Fabricated Content	Inauthentic Website, Text post	Facebook		United Kingdom	2020-03-02	Rachael Krishna
How fake videos unravelled Pakistan’s war on polio	First Draft		Anti-Vaccine, Government, Healthcare	False Context	Video	Facebook, Twitter	Government Figure	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, Peshawar	2020-02-20	Lydia Morrish
First Draft case study: Exploring the controversy around Dengvaxia and vaccine misinformation in the Philippines	First Draft		Anti-Vaccine, Government, Healthcare	Fabricated Content, False Connection, Misleading Content	Image, Meme, Screenshot, Text post, Video	Alternative Media, Facebook, Instagram, Mainstream Media Reporting, Twitter	Facebook Groups, Mainstream Media	Phillipines	2020-02-20	Jacquelyn Mason, Rory Smith
Revealed: US-linked anti-abortion centres ‘lie’ and ‘scare women’ across Latin America	openDemocracy		Abortion	Imposter Content	Inauthentic Website	Inauthentic Website		Latin America, Mexico	2020-02-12	Isabella Cota
Exclusive: Trump-linked religious ‘extremists’ target women with disinformation worldwide	openDemocracy		Abortion	Fabricated Content, Imposter Content	Article, Inauthentic Website	In-person, Inauthentic Services, Inauthentic Website		Argentina, Canada, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Italy, Latin America, Mexico, Spain, Uganda	2020-02-10	Claire Provost, Nandini Archer	Heartbeat International, Human Life International
Facebook says a pro-Trump media outlet used artificial intelligence to create fake people and push conspiracies	NBC News	Calibrate: Defend, Position: Defend	Trump		Inauthentic Social Media Accounts, Inauthentic Social Media Groups / Pages	Facebook	Inauthentic Social Media Account, Online Advertisements, Public Figure / Celebrity		2019-12-20	Ben Collins	Epoch Times
THE WAR ON PINEAPPLE: Understanding Foreign Interference in 5 Steps	Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, Department of Homeland Security	Amplify: Attack, Amplify: Defend, Position: Attack, Produce: Attack, Publish: Attack, Publish: Defend, Research: Attack					Bot Account, Inauthentic Social Media Account, Mainstream Media, Public Figure / Celebrity		2019-07-01	Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, Department of Homeland Security
It’s not true that dialling 55 in a silent 999 call lets the police track your location	Full Fact		Emergency Services	Manipulated Content	Image	Facebook	"Please Share" Call to Action	United Kingdom	2019-01-23	Grace Rahman
OF VIRALITY AND VIRUSES: THE ANTI-VACCINE MOVEMENT AND SOCIAL MEDIA	Nautilus Institite	Amplify: Attack	Anti-Vaccine, September 11 Attacks, Personal Attack			Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Instagram, Pinterest, Google Search	Online Advertisements, Cross Platform Sharing, Hashtag Hijacking, Public Figure / Celebrity, Mainstream Media, Inauthentic Post Amplification, Brigading, Inauthentic Social Media Account, Bot Account	United States of America	2018-11-08	Renée Diresta
SOCIAL MEDIA BOTS OVERVIEW	Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, Department of Homeland Security	Amplify: Attack, Amplify: Defend, Publish: Attack, Publish: Defend					Bot Account		2018-05-01	Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, Department of Homeland Security
Why we need to understand misinformation through visuals	First Draft			Fabricated Content	Image	Twitter	Government Figure, Public Figure / Celebrity	United Kingdom	2017-10-17	Hannah Guy
Has change really come? Misleading graphs and how to spot them	Rappler		Government	Misleading Content	Oral Statement, Text post	Government Figure, Government Website, Oral Statement	Government Figure	Phillipines	2017-08-05	JC Punongbayan
Ferial Haffajee: The Gupta Fake News Factory And Me	HUFFPOST		Feminism, Mainstream Media, Personal Attack	Fabricated Content, Satire or Parody	Image, Inauthentic Social Media Accounts, Manipulated Image, Meme, Text post	Twitter	Bot Account, Inauthentic Post Amplification, Inauthentic Social Media Account		2017-08-02	Ferial Haffajee, Marc Davies
Kenya election: Fake CNN and BBC news reports circulate	BBC News		Elections, Government	Fabricated Content, Imposter Content	Video	Twitter, WhatsApp		Kenya	2017-07-29	Unattributed
Did Emmanuel Macron open an offshore account ?	CrossCheck, First Draft		Elections, Government	Fabricated Content	Inauthentic Documents, Inauthentic Website, Screenshot	*chan, Alternative Media, Forum Post, Government Figure, Mainstream Media Reporting	Government Figure, Mainstream Media	France	2017-05-05	Unattributed
Did London Muslims “celebrate” a terrorist attack on the Champs-Elysees?	CrossCheck, First Draft			Manipulated Content	Text post, Video	Twitter	Public Figure / Celebrity	France, United Kingdom	2017-04-22	Unattributed
How Russia Is Using LinkedIn as a Tool of War Against Its U.S. Enemies	Newsweek				Article, Comments / Replies, Meme	LinkedIn			2017-03-08	Jeff Stein
Was Macron’s campaign for the French presidency financed by Saudi Arabia?	CrossCheck, First Draft		Elections, Government	Fabricated Content	Inauthentic Website, Screenshot, Text post	Government Figure, Inauthentic Website, Mainstream Media Reporting, Twitter	Government Figure, Mainstream Media	France	2017-03-02	Unattributed
Meet the Macedonian Teens Who Mastered Fake News and Corrupted the US Election	WIRED		Clinton, Elections, Government, Healthcare, Trump	Fabricated Content	Article, Inauthentic Social Media Accounts, Inauthentic Website, Text post	Facebook, Inauthentic Social Media Accounts, Inauthentic Website, Personal Website	Facebook Groups	United States of America	2017-02-15	Samanth Subramanian	Content farm, North Macedonia, Veles
Trump Trolls Tell Hillary Clinton Supporters They Can Vote Via Text	Forbes		Elections, Government	Fabricated Content, Satire or Parody	Image, Inauthentic Advertisement, Text post	Facebook, Twitter	Inauthentic Post Amplification	United States of America	2016-11-03	Fruzsina Eordogh
What was fake on the Internet this election: #DraftOurDaughters, Trump’s tax returns	The Washington Post		Clinton, Elections, Immigration, Trump	Fabricated Content, False Connection, Manipulated Content, Satire or Parody	Article, Hashtag, Image, Manipulated Image, Text post	Facebook, Twitter	Inauthentic Post Amplification, Inauthentic Social Media Account	United States of America	2016-10-31	Abby Ohlheiser
Former 'Kremlin Troll' Awarded $0.01 in Victory Over 'Propaganda Factory'	Vice News	Amplify: Attack, Publish: Attack	Government, Pro-Government		Comments / Replies	Mainstream Media Websites: Comments / Replies	Inauthentic Social Media Account		2015-08-18	Unattributed	Agency for Internet Studies, Russia
Haunting 'Nepal quake victims' photo from Vietnam	BBC News		Disaster recovery, Nepal Earthquake	False Context	Image, Text post	Facebook, Twitter			2015-05-04	Nga Pham
Surge of Virus Misinformation Stumps Facebook and Twitter	New York Times	Amplify: Attack, Amplify: Defend	Coronavirus, Government, Healthcare	Imposter Content, Manipulated Content	Comments / Replies, Inauthentic Documents, Inauthentic Website, Screenshot, Text post, Video	Facebook, Twitter, YouTube	Facebook Groups		2020-03-08	Sheera Frenkel, Davey Alba, Raymond Zhong
QAnon: What is it and where did it come from?	BBC News, BBC Reality Check		Clinton, QAnon, Trump			Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Reddit	Public Figure / Celebrity		2020-08-20	Mike Wendling
Man pleads guilty to terrorism after Hoover Dam barricade	AP News		QAnon						2020-02-12	Ariz Kingman
QAnon conspiracy theory on James Comey shuts school festival	BBC News		QAnon	Manipulated Content	Comments / Replies, Manipulated Image, Text post	Twitter			2019-05-10	Unattributed
Eric Trump Promotes QAnon Conspiracy On Instagram While Plugging Tulsa Rally	Forbes	Amplify: Attack	QAnon		Image, Text post	Instagram	Public Figure / Celebrity	United States of America	2020-06-20	Jack Brewster
QAnon: Twitter bans accounts linked to conspiracy theory	BBC News	Calibrate: Defend, Position: Defend	QAnon			Twitter			2020-07-22	Unattributed
Here are the QAnon supporters running for Congress in 2020	Media Matters	Amplify: Attack, Position: Attack	Elections, Government, QAnon		Comments / Replies, Hashtag, Image, Retweets/Likes, Text post, Video	Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube	Government Figure, Public Figure / Celebrity	United States of America	2020-07-01	Alex Kaplan
The definitive guide to Fox News' vaccine conspiracy theories	Media Matters	Amplify: Attack, Position: Attack	Bill Gates, Coronavirus, Anti-Vaccine		Oral Statement, Video	Facebook, Mainstream Media Reporting, YouTube	Mainstream Media, Public Figure / Celebrity	United States of America	2020-09-14	Madeline Peltz	Fox News
A Sinclair interview of Trump's new COVID-19 adviser was full of misinformation	Media Matters	Position: Attack, Produce: Attack, Publish: Attack	Anti-Vaccine, Coronavirus		Oral Statement, Video	Mainstream Media Reporting	Mainstream Media	United States of America	2020-09-15	Zachary Pleat	Sinclair Broadcast Group
Trump amplified a bogus QAnon misinformation campaign against the CDC that is now flooding social media	Media Matters	Amplify: Attack	Coronavirus, QAnon	False Context	Hashtag, Image, Meme, Misleading Statistics, Text post	Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Twitter	Facebook Groups, Government Figure, Public Figure / Celebrity	United States of America	2020-09-03	Olivia Little, Alex Kaplan
How Sinclair Broadcast Group is spreading dangerous coronavirus misinformation to local television news audiences	Media Matters	Amplify: Attack, Position: Attack	Coronavirus		Oral Statement, Video	Mainstream Media Reporting	Mainstream Media, Public Figure / Celebrity	United States of America	2020-07-27	Zachary Pleat	Sinclair Broadcast Group
News outlets give Trump the headlines he wants for vaporware drug executive order	Media Matters	Amplify: Attack, Produce: Attack, Publish: Attack	2020 US Election, Government, Healthcare, Trump	False Connection, Fabricated Content	Article, Text post	Mainstream Media Reporting, Twitter	Government Figure, Mainstream Media, Public Figure / Celebrity	United States of America	2020-09-14	Matt Gertz
A conspiracy theory about West Coast wildfires is flooding Facebook despite the site’s promises to remove misinformation	Media Matters	Amplify: Attack, Position: Attack, Produce: Attack, Publish: Attack	2020 California Wildfires, Antifa, QAnon	Imposter Content, Fabricated Content	Hashtag, Image, Imposter Social Media Accounts, Inauthentic Social Media Accounts, Screenshot, Text post	Facebook	Facebook Groups, Coordinated user action	United States of America	2020-09-15	Olivia Little, Alex Kaplan
Facebook’s big QAnon crackdown might have come too late	The Verge	Calibrate: Defend, Position: Attack, Position: Defend	QAnon			Facebook, Twitter, Reddit		United States of America	2020-06-20	Casey Newton
The Boogaloo movement has successfully hijacked social networks to spread	The Verge	Calibrate: Defend, Research: Defend	Boogaloo Movement			Facebook	Facebook Groups		2020-06-25	Casey Newton
The Technology 202: Facebook struggles to keep violent 'boogaloo' content off its platform	The Washington Post	Calibrate: Attack, Calibrate: Defend, Research: Defend	2020 Black Lives Matter Protests, Bill Gates, George Soros, Boogaloo Movement			Facebook	Facebook Groups, Facebook Algorithm		2020-06-24	Tonya Riley, Cat Zakrzewski
A woman inspired by QAnon conspiracy videos was arrested after live-streaming her trip to 'take out' Joe Biden	Insider		2020 US Election, Clinton, Coronavirus, QAnon			Facebook		United States of America	2020-05-01	Margot Harris
A QAnon conspiracy theory about Oprah Winfrey went so viral that it provoked her to respond, showing the scope of coronavirus misinformation	Insider	Amplify: Attack, Publish: Attack	QAnon			Facebook, Twitter	Cross Platform Sharing, Coordinated user action, Twitter Algorithm		2020-03-18	Kat Tenbarge
Alt-right conspiracy group Q'Anon won't stop believing in its Trump-related prophecies, even after they fail	Insider	Research: Defend	Clinton, George Soros, QAnon			*chan, Alternative Media	Public Figure / Celebrity	United States of America	2018-10-10	Michael Barkun
These influencers and celebrities are spreading debunked coronavirus hoaxes on their massive platforms	Insider	Amplify: Attack	Coronavirus	Satire or Parody, Fabricated Content	Screenshot, Text post, Voice Message	Instagram, Twitter	Please Share Call to Action, Public Figure / Celebrity	United States of America	2020-03-17	Kat Tenbarge
QAnon conspiracy theorists are telling people to drink bleach as a cure against the deadly Wuhan coronavirus	Insider	Amplify: Attack, Position: Attack	Coronavirus, QAnon, Miracle Mineral Solution		Video	Personal Website, Twitter, YouTube			2020-01-29	Tom Porter
Unlicensed medical 'cures' are flourishing in closed Facebook groups, where cancer treatments — and even surgery — are sold beyond the reach of the law	Insider	Position: Attack, Publish: Attack	Healthcare, MMS		Inauthentic Social Media Accounts	Facebook, Personal Website, YouTube	Facebook Groups		2019-10-18	Tom Porter
How conspiracy theorists who claim drinking 'MMS' bleach is a cure for autism reached millions of people on YouTube	Business Insider	Amplify: Attack, Calibrate: Defend	Anti-Vaccine, Disinformation, Healthcare, MMS		Video	Facebook, YouTube	Cross Platform Sharing, YouTube Algorithm		2019-05-21	Tom Porter
British man arrested in Uganda after promoting 'MMS' bleach as a cure for HIV and malaria	Business Insider		Healthcare, MMS			YouTube		Uganda	2019-05-23	Tom Porter
How three conspiracy theorists took 'Q' and sparked Qanon	NBC News	Position: Attack	Disinformation, QAnon			*chan, Facebook, Reddit, YouTube	Cross Platform Sharing		2018-08-14	Ben Collins, Brandy Zadrozny
California Wildfire Suspect Posted About QAnon, Other Conspiracies	HUFFPOST		QAnon, 2018 California Wildfires					United States of America	2018-10-08	Sebastian Murdock
Twitter is bringing its ‘read before you retweet’ prompt to all users	The Verge	Amplify: Defend				Twitter				James Vincent
‘Ghostwriter’ Influence Campaign: REPORT Unknown Actors Leverage Website Compromises and Fabricated Content to Push Narratives Aligned with Russian Security Interests	FireEye	Position: Aggressor, Publish: Aggressor, Amplify: Aggressor, Impact: Aggressor	Coronavirus, Military, Nato	Imposter Content, Manipulated Content, Fabricated Content	Article, Inauthentic Documents, Manipulated Image, Screenshot	Alternative Media, Inauthentic Website, Compromised Website	Inauthentic Persona, Compromised Account, Inauthentic Account, Targeted Email	Latvia, Lithuania, Poland		Unattributed	Ghostwriter
Vaccine Proponents Receive Death Threats. Again.	Forbes	Impact: Aggressor	Anti-Vaccine, Healthcare					United States of America		Nina Shapiro
Anti-Vaxxers Brought Their War to Minnesota—Then Came Measles	WIRED	Impact: Aggressor, Research: Defender, Impact: Defender	Anti-Vaccine					United States of America	2017-07-05	Megan Molenti
Why Minnesota lost a battle against anti-vaccine campaigners	Vox	Research: Aggressor, Position: Aggressor, Produce: Aggressor, Impact: Aggressor, Research: Defender, Impact: Defender	Anti-Vaccine, Healthcare		Oral Statement	In-person		United States of America		Julia Belluz
Anti-vaccine group sues Facebook, claims fact-checking is “censorship”	Ars Technica	Calibrate: Aggressor, Amplify: Defender	Anti-Vaccine, Healthcare			Facebook				Kate Cox
A call to arms: helping family, friends and communities navigate the COVID-19 infodemic	Nature Research Journal	Research: Defender	Coronavirus, Healthcare						2020-02-07	Heidi Larson
Samoa Arrests Anti-Vaccination Activist As Measles Death Toll Rises	NPR	Impact: Aggressor, Position: Defender, Impact: Defender	Anti-Vaccine, Healthcare			Facebook		Samoa	2019-06-12	Merrit Kennedy
Anti-vaccine groups take dangerous online harassment into the real world	NBC News	Impact: Aggressor	Anti-Vaccine, Healthcare	Fabricated Content	Inauthentic Reviews			United States of America	2019-06-12	Brandy Zadrozny, Erika Edwards
QAnon Key Figure Revealed as Financial Information Security Analyst from New Jersey	Logically	Publish: Aggressor, Amplify: Aggressor, Research: Defender	QAnon			*chan, Personal Website	Public Figure / Celebrity		2020-10-09	Unattributed
Conspiracy Theorists Without Borders: How QAnon Mutated In Europe	Logically	Position: Aggressor, Produce: Aggressor, Amplify: Aggressor, Impact: Aggressor	QAnon, Reichsbürgerbewegung		Meme, Music	Facebook, Telegram, Twitter, WhatsApp, YouTube	Facebook Groups, Public Figure / Celebrity	France, Germany, United States of America		Kristina Gildejeva
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