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1. Twitter and Facebook have made a big show about cracking down on coronavirus misinformation but a dangerous conspiracy theory about the CDC is spreading rapidly on both platforms.

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2. Right-wing media is suggesting Americans ignore warnings from the CDC because a top expert, Dr. Nancy Messonnier, is the sister of Rod Rosenstein. Supposedly she is part of a deep state plot to take down Trump

Messonnier has worked at CDC for 25 years

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3. An article about the Messonnier conspiracy theory on Gateway Pundit, a propaganda site that has been credentialed by the White House, has been shared over 1400 times on Facebook and 12K times on Twitter

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4. Messonnier drew the ire of Trump and his allies because, on Tuesday, she said that community spread of coronavirus in the US was inevitable.

By Tuesday, it happened.

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5. I've been focusing on the spread of disinformation on social platforms for some time.

But this is different because, when it comes to a potential pandemic, lives are at stake.

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BREAKING: This AM popular.info reported that the Trump campaign was running 1K+ ads on Facebook promoting a fake 2020 Census and Facebook will take no action

Just now, Facebook reversed course and said they will remove all the Trump census ads

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2. Facebook disclosed the decision in an email to civil rights leader @vanitaguptaCR.

"Upon further review, these ads are currently being taken down given the policies in place to prevent confusion around the official U.S. Census," the company said.

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1. In Decemeber, Facebook pledged to remove ANY content with misleading information about how to participate in the Census.

Now, the Trump campaign is running 1000+ Facebook ads promoting a fake 2020 Census

Facebook tells me it will take no action

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2. Vanita Gupta, the president of LCCHR - a coalition of 200 civil rights groups - helped Facebook write its Census policy.

Gupta tells me that the Trump ads clearly violate Facebook's policy and the company has "a civic obligation" to remove the ads

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3. Facebook tells me that Trump's ads don't violate its policy because, in Facebook's view, it's clear they don't refer to the "official" Census.

As Gupta points out, this is a very strange argument since Trump's ads literally use the word "official"

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1. March is Women's History Month which seems like an appropriate time to remember the history of women who alleged they were sexually assaulted by Trump
2. Ninni Laaksonen, former Miss Finland. “Trump stood right next to me and suddenly he squeezed my butt” in July 2006.
3. Jessica Drake. Said Trump grabbed and kissed her without consent, then offered her 10K for sex in 2006.
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