Malinformation is real information that is spread deliberately and with malice, such as doxing or revealing personal, private information without consent.

Misinformation is false/misleading information that is spread by those who genuinely believe it to be true, without malice or coordination. One example is average social media users sharing anti-vax conspiracy theories they believe are factual and correct.

Disinformation is purposely created false/misleading information that is meant to manipulate or harm people, places and institutions. It is created with malice or greed, typically in pursuit of political, social or financial agendas. One example is government-run... Read more

Payton Gendron is the accused gunman in the Buffalo, NY shooting on May 14, 2022. According to police, Gendron went to a Tops supermarket armed with an AR-15, tactical gear and a body camera to livestream the... Read more

The Buffalo, NY shooting took place on May 14, 2022, when a white supremacist gunman opened fire at a Tops supermarket, killing 10 people and injuring three more. Before the shooting, the gunman espoused violent racist and... Read more

Live-streamer Tim "Treadstone" Gionet, aka "Baked Alaska," is a white supremacist internet personality who attended the 2017 "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville and participated in the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol Building.

Saviours' Day is the Nation of Islam's annual commemoration of the birth of its founder, W. Fard Muhammad. The multi-day annual conference which coincides with Saviours' Day regularly draws thousands of people and features antisemitic, bigoted commentary... Read more

"Sealed indictments" is a reference to a much-anticipated future event central to QAnon lore: that the Justice Department is holding hundreds of thousands of sealed indictments against Democratic politicians and other members of the elite, enumerating their... Read more

Sharia is the term for Islamic religious law based on the Quran and hadiths. The term has become a catch-all phrase used by anti-Muslim bigots to stoke fear about the so-called Islamization of America, claiming that Sharia... Read more

Jean-François Gariépy is a French-Canadian white supremacist writer and commentator. He has hosted several shows on YouTube including "JFG Tonight","The Public Space" and "Warski Live" where he discussed scientific racism, ideas of white superiority and the need... Read more

European Paganism is a broad term used to describe a wide variety of religious and spiritual beliefs that originated in or were brought to different parts of Europe prior to the introduction of Christianity. Pagan beliefs can... Read more

Citizens' grand juries (also known as common law grand juries and people's grand juries) are sham juries created primarily by adherents of the sovereign citizen movement, who have a fondness for creating fictitious judicial and governmental entities... Read more

White supremacy is a term used to characterize various belief systems central to which are one or more of the following key tenets: 1) whites should have dominance over people of other backgrounds, especially where they may... Read more

Zoombombing, a reference to the popular video conferencing platform, occurs when online meetings are disrupted by graphic or threatening messages or activity. Incidences of zoombombing surged in 2020, at the start of the COVID pandemic. Online Jewish... Read more