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Today, the Daily Dot is publishing the Trump Disinformation Project, our look back at the president and his allies' efforts to poison the internet.
9 stories that highlight the most dangerous lies pushed over the past 5 years, to deadly consequences.
https://www.dailydot.com/the-trump-disinformation-project/
9 stories that highlight the most dangerous lies pushed over the past 5 years, to deadly consequences.
https://www.dailydot.com/the-trump-disinformation-project/
(please do view it on your desktop, it looks great there)
First up is @rothschildmd. The first person to ever push QAnon into the mainstream? The president. Just weeks after it launched.
"How Trump mainstreamed QAnon before anyone ever noticed" https://www.dailydot.com/debug/qanon-mainstream-trump-disinformation/
"How Trump mainstreamed QAnon before anyone ever noticed" https://www.dailydot.com/debug/qanon-mainstream-trump-disinformation/
Next we have @LibbyCohen211, who looks deep into Alex Jones and Roger Stone, the two disinformation artists who helped make this all happen.
"Travel the Roger Stone pipeline: From InfoWars to the White House" https://www.dailydot.com/debug/alex-jones-roger-stone-trump-disinformation/
"Travel the Roger Stone pipeline: From InfoWars to the White House" https://www.dailydot.com/debug/alex-jones-roger-stone-trump-disinformation/
Next is @clairenjax, who takes you into the inner workings of the Gateway Pundit, and how the team there tried to run back its very effective 2016 playbook this election.
"The Gateway Pundit tried to crash an entire election (again)" https://www.dailydot.com/debug/hunter-biden-gateway-pundit-trump-disinformation/
"The Gateway Pundit tried to crash an entire election (again)" https://www.dailydot.com/debug/hunter-biden-gateway-pundit-trump-disinformation/
We've seen the danger of Trump's lies here. But @JordanWildon looks at Telegram and shows that it's not just a problem at home. Trump's disinformation is going worldwide.
"Telegram is supercharging conspiracy theories across the planet" https://www.dailydot.com/debug/telegram-trump-disinformation/
"Telegram is supercharging conspiracy theories across the planet" https://www.dailydot.com/debug/telegram-trump-disinformation/
During this summer's protests, the far-right tried to sink it. @ericlevai dives into Jack Posobiec's smears against antifa and how he tried to brand a whole movement as terrorists.
"Jack Posobiec's antifa 'reporting' torpedoed the George Floyd protests" https://www.dailydot.com/debug/jack-posobiec-antifa-trump-disinformation-project/
"Jack Posobiec's antifa 'reporting' torpedoed the George Floyd protests" https://www.dailydot.com/debug/jack-posobiec-antifa-trump-disinformation-project/
Not content to sabotage the present, there are already efforts to poison Biden. @colleenhagerty on "Build Back Better" and how it wants to halt any progress he might make.
"The far-right hopes to destroy Joe Biden’s presidency with his own slogan" https://www.dailydot.com/debug/joe-biden-build-back-better-trump-disinformation/
"The far-right hopes to destroy Joe Biden’s presidency with his own slogan" https://www.dailydot.com/debug/joe-biden-build-back-better-trump-disinformation/
When you think of the president's sons, you think Don. Jr. But in 2020, writes @MikaelThalen, Eric Trump was the biggest spreader of fake election fraud stories.
"Eric Trump's Twitter kickstarted a violent coup with doctored videos" https://www.dailydot.com/debug/eric-trump-voter-fraud-twitter-trump-disinformation/
"Eric Trump's Twitter kickstarted a violent coup with doctored videos" https://www.dailydot.com/debug/eric-trump-voter-fraud-twitter-trump-disinformation/
The efforts of last week's Capitol riot were planned in pro-Trump forums online. And @AlexThomas tells the tale of the president teamed together with them long ago.
"Team Trump was in bed with online insurrectionists before he was even elected" https://www.dailydot.com/debug/dan-scavino-reddit-donald-trump-disinformation/
"Team Trump was in bed with online insurrectionists before he was even elected" https://www.dailydot.com/debug/dan-scavino-reddit-donald-trump-disinformation/
And lastly @AndrewWyrich on Trump and his team's efforts to destroy Section 230 on the way out the door, possibly ruining the internet they destroyed for everyone else.
"In their final act, Trumpers want to burn down everything they built" https://www.dailydot.com/debug/section-230-trump-disinformation-project/
"In their final act, Trumpers want to burn down everything they built" https://www.dailydot.com/debug/section-230-trump-disinformation-project/
And the biggest thanks goes to our art director @bakedinapie who worked tirelessly to make this all look cooll! Enjoy
