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Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who is running for a second term, attends a press conference after a presidential debate in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Saturday, Oct. 29, 2022. Bolsonaro will face former president of Brazil Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in the presidential runoff on Oct. 30. (AP Photo/Bruna Brado)

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Looming elections in US, Brazil pose test for Musk's Twitter
By DAVID KLEPPER - Associated Press
Sat,10/29/22-8:41AM , 348 Reads
Pivotal elections in Brazil and the United States will present an early test to Twitter's new owner Elon Musk and his promise to ease up on the platform's policies on misinformation.
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The Facebook logo is seen on a mobile phone, Oct. 14, 2022, in Boston. Social media platforms like Facebook, TikTok and Twitter say they're taking steps to prevent the spread of misinformation about voting and elections ahead of next month's midterm elections. Yet a look at some of the most popular platforms shows baseless claims about election fraud continue to flourish. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File)

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Social media platforms brace for midterm elections mayhem
By DAVID KLEPPER - Associated Press
Fri,10/21/22-4:29AM , 1,588 Reads
A Facebook search for the words “election fraud” first delivers an article claiming that workers at a Pennsylvania children's museum are brainwashing children so they'll accept stolen elections.
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The warehouse at the Maricopa County Elections Department stores all the equipment and signage for all the voting precincts in Phoenix, Sept. 8, 2022. A new poll says Americans from across the political spectrum say misinformation increases extreme political beliefs and hate crimes. The survey from The Pearson Institute and The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research finds that about three-quarters of adult Americans believe misinformation is leading to more extreme political views as well as violence based on race, gender or religion. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

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Poll: Most in US say misinformation spurs extremism, hate
By DAVID KLEPPER - Associated Press
Wed,10/12/22-11:11PM , 339 Reads
Americans from across the political spectrum say misinformation is increasing political extremism and hate crimes, according to a new poll that reflects broad and significant concerns about false and misleading claims ahead of next month's midterm elections.
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In this picture provided by Swedish Coast Guard, a small release from Nord Stream 2 is seen, Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2022. A fourth leak on the Nord Stream pipelines has been reported off southern Sweden. The Kremlin and Russian state media are aggressively pushing a baseless conspiracy theory blaming the United States for damage to natural gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea in what analysts said Friday, Sept. 30, is another effort to split the U.S. and its European allies.(Swedish Coast Guard via AP, File)

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Russians push baseless theory blaming US for burst pipeline
By DAVID KLEPPER - Associated Press
Fri,09/30/22-12:16PM , 325 Reads
The Kremlin and Russian state media are aggressively pushing a baseless conspiracy theory blaming the United States for damage to natural gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea in what analysts said Friday is another effort to split the U.S.
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