Misinformation and more about the assault on the U.S. Capitol

Matt Gaetz had cited the story in Congress as supposed evidence that antifa was involved in the Capitol assault. But the company says it’s “outright …

Congressman Matt Gaetz, a Republican from Florida, took to the House floor on Wednesday night to spread an increasingly popular conspiracy theory …

Right-wing figures have spread baseless claims that antifa was behind Wednesday’s violent insurrection at the Capitol. In the aftermath of the …

Old Footage Does a video show "ANTIFA being bused into D.C. in advance of a MAGA rally on January 6, 2020"? No, that's not true: A video that claims …

The storming of Capitol Hill was organized on social media. Jan. 6, 2021 Just after 1 p.m., when President Trump ended his speech to protesters in Washington by calling for them to march on Congress, hundreds of echoing calls to storm the building were made by his supporters online. On social media …

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What is the cost of propaganda, misinformation and conspiracy theories? Democracy and public safety, to name just two things. The United States has …

NBC's Ben Collins and Brandy Zadrozny discuss how right-wing forums, QAnon conspiracies and online misinformation played a role that lead to pro-Trump rioter...

When pro-Trump rioters stormed the US Capitol on Wednesday, the far-right corners of the internet had been ready for weeks. The "Stop the Steal" …

Posts shared tens of thousands of times on the evening of Jan. 6, 2021 claim that one of the individuals photographed during the D.C. protests where Trump supporters stormed the Capitol in a bid to overturn his election defeat was a Black Lives Matter (BLM) supporter or part of the left-wing …

In thousands of posts on Twitter and Facebook, members of the far-right pushed the unfounded claim that the pro-Trump mob that stormed the Capitol on Wednesday, carrying Trump flags and halting Congress’ counting of electoral votes, was made up of liberal activists posing as a pro-Trump community …

If Your Time is short In a violent scene like no other in American history, a sprawling crowd of President Donald Trump’s supporters stormed the U.S. …

Social media companies banned Trump, but not the groups he inspired. As social media companies announced bans on President Donald Trump, they avoided …

These types of text messages were flying across mobile networks on Wednesday as a pro-Trump mob stormed the US Capitol. But for those of us who spend …

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If Your Time is short Question: "Did Capitol Police let a mob of Trump supporters into the building?" We didn’t find evidence of that. Instead, we …

Just because a photo is real doesn't mean its caption is. After rioters who opposed the 2020 presidential election results stormed the U.S. Capitol on …

Not 2021 Does this photo show crowds thronging the streets of Washington, D.C., on January 5, 2021, a day ahead of when supporters of Donald Trump …

At least one person whom "Thad Williams" helped send to DC bragged about carrying a firearm to the nation's capital. A pro–Donald Trump website that …

Last week’s attack on the U.S. Capitol was based on lies. The mob that stormed the building was acting on a tidal wave of misinformation about the …

As the violence at the Capitol riots unfolded, some Republican lawmakers blamed antifa for the insurrection.http://bit.ly/3bpyt7H INTRODUCING: PolitiFact's T...