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Misinformation Rages as Protests Roil Los Angeles
- On June 8, 2025, tens of thousands protested in Los Angeles against immigration raids by ICE, leading to clashes with LAPD officers on foot and horseback.
- The protests triggered a surge of conspiracy theories and falsehoods online, including claims falsely linking the Mexican government and nonprofit financiers to the unrest.
- Actor James Woods spread misinformation about the protests organizing, posting a misleading image of bricks that fact-checkers located thousands of miles away in New Jersey.
- Approximately 2,000 National Guard troops were deployed in Los Angeles, with about 700 Marines in training not yet mobilized, while officials imposed a curfew to reduce vandalism.
- Experts said foreign adversaries exploited divisions via disinformation, and officials warned that online conspiracy narratives distort the protests and risk escalating tensions.
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The psychological drivers of misinformation belief and its resistance to correction
Misinformation has been identified as a major contributor to various contentious contemporary events ranging from elections and referenda to the response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Not only can belief in misinformation lead to poor judgements and decision-making, it also exerts a lingering influence on people’s reasoning after it has been corrected — an effect known as the continued influence effect. In this Review, we describe the cognitive, soc…
For several days now, the moods have been hot in Los Angeles against Trump’s immigration policy, almost like an uncontrolled flame. On this fire it poses, amid protests and demonstrations by the Latino community that calls for the criminalization of immigrants, a boiling boiler. One that takes the form of Truth Social, the Republican president’s social network. A space in which ultra-conservative followers, media and public figures have used it …
Misinformation rages as protests roil Los Angeles
(The Hill) - As the immigration protests unfolded in Los Angeles, a flurry of misinformation hit social media platforms, sparking further confusion and tension in an already chaotic environment. The demonstrations and the conflicting accounts surrounding them highlight the role social media plays in times of crisis. In this case, social media appeared to play an even larger role as a growing number of users turned to artificial intelligence …
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