Infowar
Deportation meme machine
The Trump administration's 4chan-ified social media arm is turning mass removals into one big joke.
Trump
Influencer in chief
"These people could be ice skating on the top of yachts, and instead they’re tapping away on their screens."
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Jan. 6 influencers
Pardoned by Trump, many Jan. 6 rioters are now working to capitalize on the attention through podcasts, speaking tours and self-branded merchandise.
Infowar
Trump's meme state media
A new era of propaganda, built on meme accounts and friendly influencers, is supercharging the president's power to drown out dissent.
Infowar
The influencer administration
“I said, ‘Who is the biggest of all the influencers?’” Trump said. “Sir, that’s the easiest question you’ve ever asked me. … You, sir.”
America
"Shoot him dead and figure it out later"
Four years after "Stop the Steal" mobilized to subvert the 2020 election, the movement is more organized and has Elon Musk on its side.
Infowar
How X made Democrats disappear
Republicans are posting more, getting followed more and going viral more now that the world’s richest Trump supporter is running the show.
Social media
"Feral 25-year-olds"
How the vice president's team of Gen-Z obsessives built her an internet fandom.
Infowar
What these violent videos do to us
The "golden age of brutal voyeurism" is bringing the horrors of war back home.
Social media
A fake leftie built for outrage
"It’s as if she dropped from the moon and arrived fully formed with this narrative that makes liberals look like idiots."
Infowar
Truth Social's bitter infighting
A whistleblower exposes how a fight for power undermined Trump Media's plan to build an online empire.
Social media
The terror of whistleblowing
An exclusive interview with the former Twitter official whose testimony shaped our understanding of Jan. 6, 2021.
Surveillance
Sedition hunt
"Today it’s almost impossible not to leave your footprints somewhere."
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Unraveling a viral fraud
“We don’t have a policy that stipulates that the information you post on Facebook must be true."
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Inventing a conspiracy
We tracked how bigots and trolls raced to spread the "crisis actor" lie after the Parkland school shooting.