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As Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” bill advanced last month, and was signed into law on March 28, right-wing media and politicians ramped up absurd attacks accusing LGBTQ people and the bill’s opponents of “grooming” children to be LGBTQ or to engage in sexual activity. Similar attacks have also appeared on Facebook, where right-leaning pages have dominated discussions of the legislation, particularly after Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis signed it. Key findings: Between March 1 and April 4, right-leaning Facebook pages posted the most about Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” legislation...

During Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Senate confirmation hearing, right-leaning Facebook pages posted more about the hearing than other news and politics pages did — and notably, these posts increased as they coalesced around bad-faith attacks on Jackson circulated by right-wing media and politicians. In fact, many of the top-performing posts from right-leaning pages — and many Facebook ads run from right-wing groups — promoted narratives designed to manufacture outrage, such as claiming that Jackson wouldn’t “define what a woman is” or falsely claiming Jackson has a history of g...

The most popular game creators on Facebook Gaming appear to be spam accounts posting visual clickbait and pirated movie clips..

Right-leaning pages have dominated the conversation on Facebook about the trucker convoys in Canada and the U.S. These pages posted more frequently, often expressing support for the protests, and earned more interactions than other news and politics pages. Key findings: Posts from right-leaning pages earned nearly 83% of total interactions. Ideologically nonaligned pages made up roughly 12% of total interactions, and left-leaning pages earned just under 5%.  All of the top 10 posts about the trucker protest were from right-leaning pages. These posts express support for their protest...

Following the deadly insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, Facebook vowed to reduce election misinformation and prevent further incitement of violence by removing harmful content and suspending former President Donald Trump. But Media Matters’ latest analysis found that in the year since the January 6 attack, Facebook has not only repeatedly failed to moderate “Stop the Steal” content, baseless claims of election fraud, and other election misinformation, but its algorithm and other features have enabled such content to flourish. Key findings: Right-leaning pages earned a ...