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im ari melber in for nicolle and ill anchor for the next three hours right now with a lot of news breaking out of new york as the d.a. alvin bragg moves forward with two witnesses who faced this grand jury today, robert costello a legal adviser to that key witness we all know about, michael cohen. hes testified today at the request of trumps legal team. under new york law a person who is expected to be indicted which in this case may or may not be donald trump but in an abundance of fa...

A Colorado court found a QAnon-supporting mom, accused of plotting to kidnap her son from foster care, guilty of conspiracy to commit second-degree kidnapping.

Oh, well, we can get them back out at any time. but for now, weve got to clean up. in the closet! well put this aside, and well put it with the lego later. in many of my conversations, the spectre of january sixth was hanging in the background. could people like this do something so violent? the calm before the storm, its like, you dont tell the enemy, were probably gonna have to save ourselves. and theyre going to push us too far. language like this comes up all the time in qanon groups. this i...

Said look, basically there are three circles here. there is the out earring of all the crazies that bashed into the building who the department of justice has been focussing on so far and then there are rings themselves, the qanon groups, the proud boys, the oath keepers and to the extent they broke into the building, the doj has been looking at them as well but then there is the inner circle raskin -- committee is looking at. i hope between that comitys work and the dojs work the kingpins and r...

Misinformation even though she didnt accept the qanon invitation, right? all the sudden, it becomes a blast of all the vileness. but she was fake. she didnt exist. she was created by facebook for research purposes. so, facebook knew. facebook knew when you sign up and say you like trump, you were getting fed this stuff. they knew it because she was their creation. >> that is exactly right and its such an important example because here they create this dummy account and she does not opt into thes...

Came about after the election until it turned violent. one of the facebook employees said that the response from the company had been piecemeal. essentially, that the approach they had taken was whack a mole. they were taking down individuals and groups and failing to see this as a much larger movement and so when these executives started speaking out internally and externally, defensively, about facebook after january 6th, a number of facebook employees also responded. i want to read you a quot...

Misinforming and polarizing users through its recommendations also known as algorithms. though the fake carol never expressed interest in conspiracy theories, it only took two days for facebook to recommend that she join groups dedicated to the qanon conspiracy theory. carol didnt follow the recommended qanon groups, but nbcs brandy writes, quote, whatever algorithm that determines how she should interact with the platform within one week smiths page was full of groups that violated facebook own...

We begin this hour with the disinformation spreading on social media and how it threatens our democracy. lets start with carol who joined facebook in 2019. she listed a few of her interests, her christian faith, and motherhood. she followed fox news and donald trump. nbc then reports, quote, though smith had never expressed interest in conspiracy theories, in just two days facebook was recommending she join groups dedicated to qanon. smith didnt follow the recommended qanon groups, but whatever ...

Lets start with carol who joined facebook in 2019. she listed a few of her interests, her christian faith, and motherhood. she followed fox news and donald trump. nbc then reports, quote, though smith had never expressed interest in conspiracy theories, in just two days facebook was recommending she join groups dedicated to qanon. smith didnt follow the recommended qanon groups, but whatever algorithm facebook was using to determine how she should engage with the platform pushed ahead just the s...

Anatomy of a conspiracy: With COVID-19, China took leading role SECTIONS Last Updated: Feb 15, 2021, 11:17 AM IST Share Synopsis A nine-month investigation of state-sponsored disinformation conducted in collaboration with the Atlantic Councils Digital Forensic Research Lab, shows how a rumor that the U.S. created the virus that causes COVID-19 was weaponized by the Chinese government, spreading from the dark corners of the Internet to millions across the globe. AP In Pic: Chinese Foreign Minist...