Brazil's insurrection followed the extreme right playbook Armed with weapons, mobile phones and conspiracy theories, groups born on Telegram led Brazil’s insurrection feature Fernanda Seavon
The year in five major themes from Coda From the fallout of war in Ukraine to climate denial and historical amnesia, here’s how we connected the dots in the chaos of 2022 roundup Rebekah Robinson
The year in conspiracy theories After a year of tracking conspiracy movements, here are the worst of a bad bunch roundup Isobel Cockerell
Antisemitism has never been new Mike Rothschild sits down with Coda to discuss why antisemitic conspiracies persist and what comes after QAnon q&a Isobel Cockerell
Russia is using African influencers to spread its lies on Twitter The Kremlin-backed Wagner Group is turning to a network of pan-African activists with large social media followings to justify the invasion of Ukraine feature Amanda Coakley and Frankie Vetch
Meghan never stood a chance against the internet Netflix’s “Harry & Meghan” documentary has re-ignited a campaign of hate by a mix of real and fake accounts targeting the royal couple feature Isobel Cockerell
How China became a global disinformation superpower Beijing is working to influence public opinion through state media’s partnership agreements abroad q&a Liam Scott
Along the Poland border with Belarus, 'we will never know how many people died' Poland blocks asylum seekers at the border with Belarus. The result is injury, even death, and a tarnishing of Poland’s humanitarian achievements q&a Amanda Coakley
Qatar rebrands criticism from the West as a clash of civilizations The intensity of the coverage of human rights failings, the World Cup hosts say, is racism in action rather than genuine concern explainer Shougat Dasgupta and Rayan El Amine
Behind the carnivalesque energy at CPAC México, a serious bid to unite a fractured international far-right Ideological true-believers, Catholic nationalists and cross-border election-deniers gathered in Mexico City to hone an agenda and anoint a new conservative leader for Mexico dispatch Danielle Lee Tomson
Covid misinformation ignites a battle over blood in a Canadian province Vaccine fears are causing Canadians to refuse blood transfusions while a province executive peddles misinformation feature Rebekah Robinson
‘Kanye drank the Kool Aid’: Connecting the dots between antisemitism and white nationalism Antisemitism is at the heart of American white nationalist ideology, drawing on the age-old trope of blaming Jewish people for societal ills q&a Erica Hellerstein
Syria rolls out the red carpet for influencers and friendly foreigners, while local reporters face death and prison An elaborate disinformation campaign to show that stability has returned to Syria might be prompting countries to forcibly thrust Syrian refugees back into an ongoing civil war feature Rayan El Amine
Modi wants to export traditional Indian medicine to the world, but doctors warn against pseudoscience and quack cures Driven by ideology, the Indian government is promoting Ayurveda, a millennia-old system, as a valid alternative to Western medicine. But its “natural” cures are insufficiently tested and sometimes dangerous feature Catherine Davison