Fake Footage of Iran’s Attack on Israel Is Going Viral
[ad_1] In the hours after Iran announced its drone and missile attack on Israel on April 13, fake and misleading posts went viral almost immediately on X. The Institute for…
How Election Deniers Became Mainstream—and Are Weaponizing Tech
[ad_1] Election deniers are mobilizing their supporters and rolling out new tech to disrupt the November election. These groups are already organizing on hyperlocal levels, and learning to monitor polling…
Election Workers Are Already Burned Out—and on High Alert
[ad_1] “They’re exhausted,” Tammy Patrick, CEO of the National Association of Election Officials, which has a membership of 1,800 officials across the US, tells WIRED. “People are tired, and we…
US Navy Veteran Who Feds Say Rammed FBI Headquarters Had QAnon-Linked Online Presence
[ad_1] A former Navy submarine technician was arrested after law enforcement says he drove an SUV into the FBI headquarters near Atlanta on Monday afternoon. It is still unclear why…
RFK Jr. Has Assembled His Anti-Vax Conspiracy Squad
[ad_1] AM: RFK Jr.’s campaign, as you wrote about, has been very aware of sort of appealing to online spaces. One of those ways that you do that are these…
Online Conspiracies About the Baltimore Bridge Collapse Are Out of Control
[ad_1] Conspiracists and far–right extremists are blaming just about everything and everyone for the Baltimore bridge collapse on Tuesday morning. A non-exhaustive list of things that are getting blamed for…
How Kate Middleton Conspiracy Theories Consumed the Internet
[ad_1] The past few weeks have been a fever dream for the online conspiracy world. Wild claims about Kate Middleton, the Princess of Wales, went from fringe corners of the…
The Mayor of London Enters the Bullshit Cinematic Universe
[ad_1] Political violence is returning to the UK, bursting out of the morass of conspiracy and extremism online. There is at times a Blairish elusiveness to the way Khan talks—broadcastable…
Meta Kills a Crucial Transparency Tool At the Worst Possible Time
[ad_1] Earlier this month, Meta announced that it would be shutting down CrowdTangle, the social media monitoring and transparency tool that has allowed journalists and researchers to track the spread…
Why—and How—WIRED Is Covering Politics
[ad_1] Since taking the helm as WIRED’s global editorial director last August, I’ve heard from plenty of avid audience members—some with enthusiastic feedback about WIRED stories or coverage areas, and…