MISINFORMATION

Former President Donald Trump is back on Twitter after being banned, and some celebrities are speaking out about it.

Michigan state law allows any person in line when polls close at 8 p.m. to register to vote and to cast a ballot.

Officials say misinformation about the election process may spread after the polls close and before final results are in this election.

Officials say misinformation about the election process may spread after the polls close and before final results are in this election.

A new poll finds that Americans from across the political spectrum say misinformation increases extreme political beliefs and hate crimes.

He became the face of our country’s battle against COVID-19 and is now arguably one of the most recognizable doctors in the world. Now Dr. Anthony Fauci, chief medical advisor to the President of the United States, sits down with Local 4′s own Dr. Frank McGeorge for a revealing conversation.

The education secretary says no subject should be off limits, but that lessons in England must be impartial.

The “truck convoy” protests that have overtaken Ottawa and Windsor this week are gaining similar momentum with U.S. anti-vaccination groups, but many of the social media accounts associated are from overseas and are not real, according to a report from NBC News.

The race to be Michigan’s next governor is heating up.

There are multiple claims in the the political advertisement, but the main one alleges that Biden’s plan will raid retirement funds of average American citizens.

It would be the largest fine ever under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act.

The Rupert Murdoch-owned TV channel was recently banned for a week by YouTube.

The Surgeon General last week called out social media companies for their role in surfacing false information about Covid-19 and vaccines.

Michigan voters will soon be heading to the polls once again for the August primary election, and the secretary of state says the election is taking place as her office tries to fight the spread of misinformation.

State Rep. Matthew Maddock is no stranger to conspiracy theories and lies about both the election and pandemic.

Two right-wing operatives accused of orchestrating robocalls designed to suppress voter turnout in the 2020 presidential election are heading to trial in Michigan over several felony charges.

There is so much misinformation floating around the internet about COVID-19 vaccines.

We do not live in a world of hate -- but these days, it certainly feels that way.

Michigan is in the middle of a massive vaccination effort, but not everyone is getting on board.

DETROIT – Many of the followers of the political conspiracy QAnon are bent on violence against politicians and many took place in the deadly siege on the U.S. Capitol Building. QAnon has made national headlines with baseless claims helping to create chaos in the wake of the 2020 U.S. General Election. For Lenka Perron, like many others, spiraled into the online conspiracy QAnon in the wake of the 2016 U.S. General Election. “We’re angry at the Democratic Party. Many followers believed Trump would initiate mass arrests and executions of Democratic Party leaders.

The internet's effect on baby boomers Misinformation has spread like wildfire across the internet, and baby boomers are often the ones sharing fake articles meant to misinform and evoke reactions. Bonnie Kristian, a contributing editor for The Week who explored the phenomenon in "Our parents warned us the internet would break our brains. It broke theirs instead," discussed what's driving it with Anne-Marie Green and Vladimir Duthiers on CBSN.

The impact of misinformation on the United States in 2020 Misinformation is both dangerous and running rampant in our society. So much so that BuzzFeed News goes as far as to say misinformation broke the United States in 2020. Lana Zak spoke with BuzzFeed News senior reporter Jane Lytvynenko about the impact of misinformation in this country.

Fake claims about the 2020 Election are flooding social media -- as expected. Polling showed a huge advantage for Biden in mail-in voting, and mail-in voting takes longer to count. According to a New York Times analysis, more than 433,000 mail-in ballots were counted for Trump in Michigan, about 30 percent of the mail-in ballot vote in the state. Social media origins : If you see something floating around social media, like a meme or a story, try to find the original source and check it yourself. The Trust Index team fact checks questionable information circulating on social media and in our communities.

Please reach out to us with any questions you have about misinformation this election season:Watch: Misinformation and disinformation: Who’s spreading it and whyMore: Misinformation and disinformation: What it is, how to spot it, what to do

In a world filled with confusion, lies, and disinformation, it can be nearly impossible to figure out what’s real and what isn’t. Instead, it’s on each person to be vigilant in the fight against the spread of lies and deceit. Bell says the complexity of disinformation campaigns makes it hard to spot, “Disinformation is, is very subtle. And the kind of clever part is we don’t know if it’s disinformation or not. And then the second piece is when we do encounter something, that’s clearly misinformation, if it’s an important bit of misinformation, it’s probably worth correcting it.

Misinformation and disinformation are different words for false information. While misinformation may be passed along without malice, or many times by accident, disinformation is the evil cousin. “Disinformation campaigns around the world, that for a number of reasons it is cataloged that they are there to disrupt elections. Disinformation about COVID-19When it comes to disinformation, the news that’s being passed around about COVID-19 might be the largest problem we have. Hyman says there’s a biggie out there now, “There’s the current one out about only 6% of the COVID deaths are actually COVID deaths.

Misinformation: Who is spreading it - and whyPublished: October 8, 2020, 11:37 amWho is spreading misinformation on the internet, and what are their motives?

Many call it “fake news,” others might call it something else, but misinformation is false or inaccurate information, and it’s everywhere. Bell said disinformation can be part of a campaign designed to sway opinions in one direction or another. Hyman said it all spreads so quickly because “when you encounter some misinformation or part of a disinformation campaign, you may then share that information on social media, then you become an agent spreading that misinformation further." And you then share that but now you’ve shared something that is part of a disinformation campaign. Not all badBut this isn’t all to say that social media is bad and that all information on social media is bad.

ANN ARBOR – Michigan’s AI lab is partnering with the Ann Arbor District Library to present “AI to Address Misinformation and Fake News” on Friday. With the upcoming federal elections and ongoing coronavirus pandemic, misinformation is flooding social media feeds, blogs and news outlets. The event’s speakers will discuss how Artificial Intelligence can be used to identify and potentially curb the spread of misinformation and fake news. Her research interests lie in the area of computational social science. Her research interests are in computational linguistics, with a focus on lexical semantics, multilingual natural language processing, and computational social sciences.

What statement(s) would you like us to fact check from the Sept. 29 presidential debate? If there is a specific statement made by one of the candidates that you want us to check out, let us know here:Related: Fact-checking 5 claims about mail-in voting

A photo circulating social media shows claims to show Joe Biden and other local officials at an event at the Detroit Athletic Club not wearing masks. The post started circulating after Dennis Archer Jr. posted a photo following Joe Biden’s visit to Michigan last week. The posts circulating social media pointed to the fact that Biden wasn’t wearing a mask at this event. The Detroit Athletic Club also debunked the photo, releasing a statement on their Facebook page:“There is a post and photo circulating showing an event at the DAC. The claim that Joe Biden was at the Detroit Athletic Club last week at an event without masks is false.

Facebook has long been criticized for not fact-checking political ads or limiting how they can be targeted at small groups of people. That has raised concern over the willingness of Trump and his supporters to abide by election results. Under the new measures, Facebook says it will prohibit politicians and campaigns from running new election ads in the week before the election. The company also will work with Reuters to provide official election results and make the information available both on its platform and with push notifications. After being caught off-guard by Russias efforts to interfere in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, Facebook, Google, Twitter and others companies put safeguards in place to prevent it from happening again.

Ahead of the 2020 election, outlets masquerading as credible local news websites have increased around the U.S., including in Michigan. A new report published by the Columbia Journalism Review finds an explosion of pink slime local news outlets, especially in swing states, ahead of the November election. The network of pink slime sites has increased from 450 sites in December 2019, to more than 1,200 in 2020, according to the Tow Center. The vast majority of pink slime sites are under the Metric Media umbrella, accounting for about 80 percent of all domains identified by Columbia, including the majority in Michigan. In July, Jessica Mahone and Philip Napoli mapped hundreds of these sites in a report published in Nieman Lab.