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Apr 21 2024
News
Pinkerton: The Proliferation of 'Disinformation' Media and A.I. Put More Bricks in the Wall
Sometimes small things reveal big realities: And that’s the case with disinformation, which has been variously defined as everything from “foreign propaganda” to “conservative beliefs.” We are reminded: They are always putting another brick in The Wall. For instance, this recent item from TV Newser: “Ahead of the 2024 presidential election Scripps News is launching a six-person Disinformation
Breitbart NewsApr 29 2024
News
Spain’s PM won’t resign, slams ‘deliberate disinformation’ of allegations against wife
MADRID — Spain’s Pedro Sanchez on Monday said he would stay on as the country’s prime minister after threatening to stand down over what he has denounced as a campaign of political harassment by the right. “I have decided to stay,” he said in a highly anticipated public address that ushered in days of political uncertainty that had gripped the country for the past five days. In office since
The Times of IsraelMay 02 2024
Opinion
COVID-19 origins story shows us the elite’s ‘disinformation’ BS is also dangerous
For those of us who care about honest and open debate, it is infuriating when media figures, Big Tech companies, or government officials try to quash debate and cover up arguments by declaring them dangerous disinformation.
The yearslong efforts by the media, Big Tech, and the federal government to stifle inquiry into the origins of COVID-19 are a perfect demonstration of this ugly
Timothy P. CarneyMay 01 2024
News
Meta Could Face EU Fines Over Alleged Election Disinformation On Facebook And Instagram
The European Union will investigate Meta’s handling of disinformation and deceptive advertising on Instagram and Facebook, the bloc announced Tuesday, a probe that could focus on a Russian-backed influence campaign and may lead to millions in fines—amid growing concerns in the United States and Europe about foreign interference in upcoming elections.
The European Commission said it
ForbesMar 17 2024
News
How Trump’s Allies Are Winning the War Over Disinformation
In the wake of the riot on Capitol Hill on Jan. 6, 2021, a groundswell built in Washington to rein in the onslaught of lies that had fueled the assault on the peaceful transfer of power. Social media companies suspended Donald J. Trump, then the president, and many of his allies from the platforms they had used to spread misinformation about his defeat and whip up the attempt to overturn it.
New York Times (News)Apr 08 2024
News
Brazil Supreme Court investigating Elon Musk over obstruction, disinformation on X
A crusading Brazilian Supreme Court justice included Elon Musk as a target in an ongoing investigation over the dissemination of fake news and opened a separate investigation late Sunday into the executive for alleged obstruction. In his decision, Justice Alexandre de Moraes noted that Musk on Saturday began waging a public "disinformation campaign" regarding the top court's actions, and that
CBS News (Online)Apr 05 2024
News
Microsoft: China Uses AI to Sow Disinformation and Discord Around the World
Faking a political endorsement in Taiwan ahead of its crucial January election, sharing memes to amplify outrage over Japan’s disposal of nuclear wastewater, and spreading conspiracy theories that claim the U.S. government was behind Hawaii’s wildfire and Kentucky’s train derailment last year. These are just some of the ways that China’s influence operations have ramped up their use of
Time MagazineApr 09 2024
News
Pair targeted NY's Black voters with disinformation in 2020. Now it'll cost them.
Two right-wing activists who led a disinformation campaign ahead of the 2020 election to discourage thousands of Black voters in New York and other states from voting by mail have agreed to pay a settlement of up to $1.25 million, Attorney General Letitia James said Tuesday. The effort, which deployed robocalls in the months ahead of the election, included threatening Black voters by falsely
GothamistJun 05 2023
Opinion
Einstein and a Theory of Disinformation
A decade ago, Ivanka Trump offered her Twitter followers a bit of wisdom from one of the world’s favorite geniuses to impress her legions of Twitter followers. “If the facts don’t fit the theory, change the facts. — Albert Einstein.”
There was one problem: Einstein never said that.
Few noticed the tweet, let alone the mistake. That is until Einstein himself returned from the dead
Guest Writer - Center