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Brandy Zadrozny

Brandy Zadrozny is a senior reporter for NBC News. She covers misinformation, extremism and the internet.

Brandy Zadrozny is a senior reporter for NBC News. She covers misinformation, extremism and the internet.


Latest from Brandy Zadrozny

1d ago

Oklahoma official facing recall over white nationalist ties defends marching in Charlottesville

Judd Blevins, a City Council member in Enid, Oklahoma, faced questions about his connections to white nationalist groups ahead of an April 2 recall election.

RFK Jr. names attorney Nicole Shanahan as his VP pick

Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. intends to announce Tuesday that Nicole Shanahan will be his vice presidential selection.
3d ago

Judge throws out Elon Musk's X lawsuit against nonprofit

A federal judge Monday threw out a lawsuit filed last year by Elon Musk’s X platform against the nonprofit organization Center for Countering Digital Hate.

The disinformation war has taken a toll, but researchers feel a shift

Researchers who combat disinformation have faced years of attacks. Recently, they've achieved some quiet but significant victories ahead of the 2024 election.
15d ago

A small city in Oklahoma elected a white nationalist. Will it be able to vote him out?

Judd Blevins, a city commissioner in Enid, Oklahoma, marched in the 2017 white nationalist Unite the Right rally. Now he faces an April 2 vote to recall him from office.
34d ago

Utah advances bill to criminalize ‘ritual abuse of a child,’ in echo of 1980s satanic panic

Utah could become the first state in decades to enact a law codifying ritual child sexual abuse. Others passed similar laws at the height of satanic panic.

RFK Jr. is courting Black voters, a group he once targeted with vaccine disinformation

Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is courting Black voters for his 2024 campaign, a group he once targeted with vaccine disinformation.
50d ago

Man accused of plotting sniper attack on the border ‘talks a big game, but it’s all lies,’ son says

Paul Faye, a Tennessee man accused of plotting to join a far-right militia movement, is a big talker who did not intend to harm anyone, his son told NBC News.
52d ago

How the anti-vaccine movement is downplaying the danger of measles

Anti-vaccine activists have reacted to worldwide measles outbreaks by spreading misinformation about the disease, falsely saying it's not dangerous.

Some supporters of a far-right convoy headed to the Texas border are calling for civil war

Some supporters of a trucker convoy of "patriots" headed towards the U.S. border with Mexico have expressed violent rhetoric ahead of planned events on Saturday.

Disinformation poses an unprecedented threat in 2024 — and the U.S. is less ready than ever

Disinformation poses an unprecedented threat to democracy as the 2024 U.S. presidential election approaches, according to researchers and political scientists.