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Craig Silverman
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Cofounder of Indicator, your essential guide to understanding and investigating digital deception. Sign up for free! Ex: ProPublica, BuzzFeed News.
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    Craig Silverman
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    Nov 20, 2025
    TikTok & Instagram have been deluged by thousands of videos from female students that praise Jenni, an AI study app. They say it's better than ChatGPT. They say it can improve your grades. What don't they say? That they were paid to promote Jenni.
    Thousands of undisclosed ads flooded TikTok to sell AI study apps
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    Craig Silverman
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    Oct 20, 2020
    The other day it was a false claim about Biden owning a home he sold many years ago. Today, Eric Trump shares an obviously photoshopped pic of two rappers in Trump hats. Things will continue to get dumber.
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    Craig Silverman
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    Aug 6, 2020
    SCOOP: Facebok employees collected evidence showing preferential treatment of right wing figures. FB policy ppl removed misinfo strikes from Breitbart, PragerU, and Diamond & Silk, according to internal docs. And FB fired a key employee who gathered info:
    Facebook Fired An Employee Who Collected Evidence Of Right-Wing Pages Getting Preferential Treatment
    From buzzfeednews.com
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    Craig Silverman
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    Jun 2, 2020
    A lot of people are sharing an image that appears to show Trump and Hitler holding a bible in the same way. The Trump pic is from June 1, but the Hitler pic was photoshopped to add the bible.
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    Craig Silverman
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    Feb 21, 2021
    NEW w/ @RMac18: Mark Zuckerberg intervened to reduce penalties for Alex Jones and Infowars. His decision weakened FB's policies and prevented it from acting earlier against right wing groups like the Oath Keepers that stormed the Capitol, sources say:
    “Mark Changed The Rules”: How Facebook Went Easy On Alex Jones And Other Right-Wing Figures
    From buzzfeednews.com
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    Craig Silverman
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    Oct 23, 2018
    A photo of bloodied law enforcement officers from 2012 was used to make false claims about the migrant caravan. Here’s Ginni Thomas, wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, helping spread it: medium.com/@trevorhughdav…
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    Craig Silverman
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    Oct 23, 2020
    They’re called the Poor Boys now, no going back everyone.
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    Craig Silverman
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    Jan 7, 2021
    BREAKING: The facial reognition company the Washington Times claims IDd Antifa members among Capitol insurrectionists says the paper's story is completely false. "I don’t know where the Wash. Times got that information.” Story was cited by Rep. Mat Gaetz.
    A Facial Recognition Company Says That Viral Washington Times “Antifa” Story Is False
    From buzzfeednews.com
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    Craig Silverman
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    Aug 31, 2017
    A hyperpartisan conservative site used a photo from 2015 to falsely claim that Black Lives Matter blocked #HurricaneHarvey rescue efforts
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    Craig Silverman
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    Mar 3, 2021
    NEW: NYT columnist David Brooks draws a second salary for leading an Aspen Institute project funded by Facebook, Jeff Bezos' dad, & others. He didn't disclose this to readers. The Times refused to say if the paper was aware of Brooks' second salary:
    Facebook Helped Fund David Brooks’s Second Job. Nobody Told The Readers Of The New York Times.
    From buzzfeednews.com
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    Craig Silverman
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    Sep 14, 2020
    BREAKING: A 6,600-word internal memo from a former Facebook data scientist exposes how the social network knew about specific examples of global political manipulation with fake accounts — and failed to act. W/ @RMac18 & @PranavDixit:
    "I Have Blood On My Hands": A Whistleblower Says Facebook Ignored Global Political Manipulation
    From buzzfeednews.com
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    Craig Silverman
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    Jan 8, 2021
    NEW: A network of YouTube channels sprung up after the election as part of a disinfo campaign to keep Trump in office. They now have more than 1m subscribers and 10s of millions of views. I found they’re connected to pro-Trump media outlet Epoch Times:
    A YouTube Network Sprang Up To Pump Out Pro-Trump Misinformation After He Lost
    From buzzfeednews.com
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    Craig Silverman
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    Dec 30, 2017
    This tweet: -Labels verified court documents as fake news. -Presents a fabricated Clinton quote as real. -Is the perfect illustration of what’s happened to the term “fake news” in the past year.
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    David A. Clarke, Jr.
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    Dec 30, 2017
    LYING Lib media spreads FAKE NEWS about me and @realDonaldTrump to fool their liberal followers into believing LIES because as Mrs. Bill Clinton once said, “Look, the average DEMOCRAT VOTER is just plain STUPID. They’re easy to manipulate.” Classic!
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    Craig Silverman
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    Oct 11, 2018
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    I busted the guy behind the "competitive barefoot runner yells at neighbors on Facebook over too many acorns” hoax. In return he gave me the quote of my career: buzzfeednews.com/article/craigs…