Michael Workman

The five Facebook pages an ABC investigation linked to foreign interference in the UK election have been taken down for deception and "inauthentic engagement tactics".

Ahead of a historic UK election, five Facebook pages secretly operating from Nigeria are using Kremlin-aligned propaganda and AI-generated racist imagery to sow "division and chaos".

For 14 hours over the weekend, Sydney university student Ben Cohen was one of the most reviled men on the internet, falsely accused of the Bondi Junction stabbings. Here's how the lie spread around the world.

ABC Investigations has uncovered how an international network of so-called "AI Pimps" are mass-harvesting women's social media videos to peddle porn through fake influencers.

John Kirk hates nicotine and tobacco, but the charity group using his photo is telling Australia that vaping saved his life.

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ABC Investigations has uncovered the extensive digital footprints of Donald Day Jr, who was charged in connection to a deadly shooting in Wieambilla, Queensland. His posting history reveals a conspiratorial worldview where violence is inevitable.

From a 17-minute video on a far-right website to the prime minister's talking points — ABC Investigations reveals how a conspiracy theory has taken social media by storm.

Former Twitter executive Yoel Roth, who was responsible for policing misinformation on the platform, has warned Elon Musk's X is increasingly vulnerable to foreign governments and extremists trying to influence the Voice to Parliament referendum.

An obscure 1980s documentary about the Indigenous land rights movement has become a clarion call for those opposing the Voice to Parliament. An ABC Investigations analysis has traced how a debunked conspiracy theory about communists was weaponised to divide voters on the referendum.

Conservative think tank Institute of Public Affairs has been accused of trying to "interfere with Australia's democratic processes via the education system" after publishing an "egregious" classroom resource about the Voice to Parliament referendum.

The Voice to Parliament campaign is already rife with misinformation. Here are some eyebrow-raising claims you may have seen about the referendum and how you can help ABC Investigations expose more like them.

A misleading viral video shared by One Nation leader Pauline Hanson and anti-Voice campaigners has sparked a wave of racial abuse towards an Aboriginal family and has left another couple feeling "crucified".

An Indigenous artist and elder is "disgusted" that a painting he composed of Uluru has been reappropriated to help spread misinformation about the Voice to Parliament.

There's a hidden fight going on to change what we see when we search online. In fact, there's a whole industry that will help scrub your worst moments from the internet — for a fee.

A pre-emptive strike by One Nation to register dozens of website addresses to be used in the Indigenous Voice to Parliament referendum campaign backfires as several of the party's new acquisitions are suspended.

The Australian Electoral Commission says almost half of formal warnings issued to social media platforms relate to spurious and debunked claims of voter fraud.

A Nationals robocall attacking an independent challenger is being investigated by authorities as the Nationals accuse their rival of improperly using fruit and baked goods to win votes.

One party comes out well in front, according to the first investigation to analyse gambling-related political payments across all seven state and territory databases.

An animated cartoon posted by One Nation leader Pauline Hanson is removed from multiple social media platforms after it was flagged for spreading false claims about election fraud in Australia.

The Liberal Party candidate for the Sydney seat of Bennelong has appeared in a video opposing vaccine mandates and acknowledging there may be concerns about the safety of mRNA vaccines at an event organised by Australia’s anti-lockdown movement.

United Australia Party and One Nation candidates are stirring up fear about a proposed digital identity bill in a last-ditch effort to mobilise their voter base, experts say.

A Facebook page managed by the president of a local Labor branch in Queensland has been sharing incendiary posts, including claims that Liberal MP Gladys Liu is a Chinese spy, an ABC investigation has found.

When Corrinne Boon posted to Facebook in May last year, she had no idea her words would be twisted and used in a scare campaign by Labor in a bid to win the votes of anxious age pensioners.

The Australian Electoral Commission investigates a website registered to One Nation candidate Rebecca Lloyd which purports to connect voters to local minor party candidates.