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Election workers process mail-in-ballots for the midterm elections in Philadelphia, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

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Mishaps, distrust spur Election Day misinformation
By DAVID KLEPPER - Associated Press
Tue,11/08/22-6:36PM , 186 Reads
Voters casting ballots in Tuesday's pivotal midterms grappled with misleading claims about glitchy election machines and delayed results, the final crest of
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The Twitter page of Elon Musk is seen on the screen of a computer in Sausalito, Calif., on Monday, April 25, 2022. On Monday, Musk reached an agreement to buy Twitter for about $44 billion. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

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Musk's past tweets reveal clues about Twitter's new owner
By DAVID KLEPPER - Associated Press
Sat,11/05/22-9:16AM , 325 Reads
He may be good with rockets and electric cars, but don't turn to Elon Musk for public health predictions.

“Probably close to zero new cases in US too by end of April,” the world's richest man tweeted about COVID-19 in March 2020, just as the pandemic was ramping up.
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Mobile phone app logos for, from left, Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp in are photographed in New York on Oct. 5, 2021. The seeds of misinformation about next week's midterm elections were planted in 2020. And despite efforts by tech companies to slow their spread, misleading claims about mail ballots, vote tallying and certification never went away. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

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Misinformation and the midterm elections: What to expect
By DAVID KLEPPER - Associated Press
Thu,11/03/22-4:23AM , 281 Reads
Conspiracy theories about mail ballots. Anonymous text messages warning voters to stay home. Fringe social media platforms where election misinformation spreads with impunity.
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Police stand at the top of the closed street outside the home of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her husband Paul Pelosi in San Francisco, Friday, Oct. 28, 2022. Within hours of the attack on Paul Pelosi, conspiracy theories deflecting blame for the assault on the husband of U.S. Speaker Nancy Pelosi were already swirling online. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)

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Musk boosts surge in misinformation about Pelosi attack
By DAVID KLEPPER - Associated Press
Mon,10/31/22-5:22PM , 401 Reads
Within hours of the attack on Paul Pelosi, conspiracy theories deflecting blame for the assault on the husband of U.S. Speaker Nancy Pelosi were already swirling online.
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