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Jacques Besnard — Edited by Sophie Gindensperger —December 14, 2022 at 7:30 a.m. Ten years to the day after the shooting, some Americans still believe the death of 6-year-old Noah was a lie, despite his father’s efforts and court convictions. … This insane theory was mainly popularized by Alex Jones, an ultra-conservative personality whose far-right Infowars site widely disseminated the worst fake […]

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”, and “child molester”: a Torontonian posted nearly 12,000 false comments targeting 150 people on the web. Its victims, some of whom live

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. Journalists: 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,

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

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