Former President Donald Trump speaks to supporters during a rally at the Iowa State Fairgrounds on October 09, 2021 in Des Moines, Iowa. This is Trump's first rally in Iowa since the 2020 election. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)
Unraveling viral disinformation and explaining where it came from, the harm it's causing, and what we should do about it.
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Yet another user posted an account in the name of Ron Watkins, the QAnon influencer and congressional candidate:The URL was ultimately closed off and the newly created accounts were deleted, but it’s an indication of just how Trump opponents will likely try to spam the site once it does open up—just as happened with Gettr, the social network launched for former Trump aide Jason Miller earlier this year.
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What the pitch deck didn’t highlight, however, were the links between TMTG and China.Trump's new media company will be funded with the help of Digital WorldAcquisitions, a blank check company based in Miami, according to the press release issued on Wednesday night. DWAG, a so-called special purpose acquisition company, will help TMTG become a publicly traded company, according to the press release.The CEO of that company, Patrick Orlando, is also CEO of Yunhong International, which itself is an international blank check company incorporated in the Cayman Islands with headquarters in Wuhan, China.
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