HuffPost • 15th April 2021 Interview: HuffPost Video I talked to the HuffPost Video team about QAnon's cult-like hold over countless Americans.
Apple Podcasts • 1st April 2021 Interview: Under the Influence I joined journalist Jo Piazza on her podcast, "Under the Influence," to discuss my reporting on QAnon-supporting influencers. (31:50)
HuffPost • 26th March 2021 The Hidden Hand Of Facial Recognition In The Capitol Insurrection Manhunt The highly controversial tool isn’t just for the feds anymore. Online sleuths are quietly using it to hunt for rioters — like the man they’ve dubbed #NaziGrayHat.
HuffPost • 10th March 2021 Interview: Between The Lines I talked to HuffPost's "Between The Lines" team about the rise of anti-vaccine conspiracy theories, and the role that Big Tech plays in propagating them.
HuffPost • 5th March 2021 Revealed: The Star-Spangled Trumper Who Attacked Capitol Police With A Fire Extinguisher Robert Scott Palmer assaulted federal officers on Jan. 6 — and he’s still at large. Meet one of the online sleuths working to change that.
HuffPost • 26th February 2021 Revealed: Meet The Trump Fanatic Who Tasered A Cop At The Capitol Insurrection Danny “DJ” Rodriguez brawled with cops, tried to smash out a Capitol window, and assaulted a police officer on Jan. 6. He’s still at large.
The Young Turks • 25th February 2021 Interview: The Young Turks I joined John Iadarola on The Damage Report to discuss my feature story on the children of QAnon believers.
HuffPost • 11th February 2021 ‘I Miss My Mom’: Children Of QAnon Believers Are Desperately Trying To Deradicalize Their Parents Here’s what it’s like to lose the person who raised you to a far-right cult.
HuffPost • 20th January 2021 ‘It’s Over’: Devastated QAnon Believers Grapple With Joe Biden’s Inauguration A look inside QAnon’s virtual inauguration watch party, which went horribly wrong.
HuffPost • 15th January 2021 Feeling Betrayed, Far-Right Extremists Have A New Message For Trump: 'Get Out Of Our Way' As a now twice-impeached Trump backs down from his “Stop the Steal” hoax, the supporters he radicalized are denouncing him in droves — and vowing to carry on the fight without him.
HuffPost • 13th January 2021 Online Police Communities Are Rife With Conspiracies And Support For The Capitol Riot Unable to grasp how Trump supporters could turn against cops, many officers are blaming the deadly violence on antifa.
HuffPost • 8th January 2021 The Mad King Disappears From The Internet Trump's reign of impunity has come to an end.
HuffPost • 31st December 2020 2020 Brought A Pandemic — And An Infodemic. Here Are The 5 Most Dangerous Conspiracy Theories. Viral disinformation is undermining America’s coronavirus recovery.
The Young Turks • 30th December 2020 Interview: The Young Turks I joined John Iadarola on The Damage Report to discuss Instagram's algorithmic promotion of anti-vaccine misinformation amid the pandemic.
HuffPost • 18th December 2020 Selling Nudes On OnlyFans Kept These Families Afloat This Year Feeling abandoned by the government, struggling mothers have flocked to online sex work to survive the coronavirus pandemic.
HuffPost • 17th December 2020 Instagram’s Latest Pledge To Counter Vaccine Misinformation Is More Empty PR The platform is still algorithmically promoting anti-vaccine falsehoods and conspiracy theories as the coronavirus death toll soars.
HuffPost • 28th November 2020 The Anti-Vaxxers Have Gone Full QAnon Far-right conspiracy theories have been seeping into anti-vaccination pages all over social media.
HuffPost • 30th October 2020 Facebook’s Political Ads Ban Has Been An Ominous Disaster As Election Day nears, the tech giant erroneously blocked thousands of Biden ads due to "technical flaws" — while Trump has ads up prematurely declaring victory.
HuffPost • 20th October 2020 Facebook Is Still Running Anti-Vax Ads, Despite Ban One in three Americans say they won't take a COVID-19 vaccine, underscoring the harm of advertising anti-vax propaganda on the world’s biggest social media platform.
HuffPost • 13th September 2020 ‘It’s Out Of Control’: How QAnon Undermines Legitimate Anti-Trafficking Efforts The child sex trade is a global crisis. Far-right conspiracy theorists are harassing, distracting and intimidating the groups fighting to end it.
