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Mar 17 2022
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Jen Psaki Repeatedly Spread Disinformation About Hunter Biden’s Laptop
White House press secretary Jen Psaki repeatedly spread disinformation about Hunter Biden’s laptop — before and after the 2020 presidential election.
Psaki’s public statements on the laptop are receiving more scrutiny after the New York Times finally reported Wednesday that emails from the laptop as authentic, after leading the charge to dismiss them during the 2020 election.
Breitbart NewsMar 02 2021
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Disinformation Fuels Distrust And Even Violence At All Levels Of Government
One day before the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol in January, thousands of miles away in northern California, anger began to boil over at a meeting of the Shasta County Board of Supervisors.
"This is a scamdemic, it's a plandemic, and it's a damndemic. We're sick of it!" one woman shouted.
Again and again, residents railed against public officials for enforcing social
NPR (Online News)Mar 09 2022
Analysis
In the Ukraine Conflict, Fake Fact-Checks Are Being Used to Spread Disinformation
On March 3, Daniil Bezsonov, an official with the pro-Russian separatist region of Ukraine that styles itself as the Donetsk People’s Republic, tweeted a video that he said revealed “How Ukrainian fakes are made.”
The clip showed two juxtaposed videos of a huge explosion in an urban area. Russian-language captions claimed that one video had been circulated by Ukrainian propagandists who
ProPublicaApr 08 2024
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Elon Musk Under Criminal Investigation In Brazil
A Brazilian judge has ordered a criminal investigation into Elon Musk in relation to court-described disinformation being spread on X. Justice Alexandre de Moraes named Musk in an ongoing probe into the spread of fake news and disinformation. The judge ordered a new investigation opened into Musk specifically for obstruction of justice, according to the Associated Press. “The flagrant conduct
The Daily WireApr 17 2024
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‘Stop Bringing Up Nazis and Hitler’: Moskowitz Goes Off On Marjorie Taylor Greene In Tense Hearing
Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-FL) went off on Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) during a Wednesday hearing after the Republican congresswoman repeated her regular claim that Nazis are running around modern-day Ukraine. Greene spoke of the controversial Azov battalion and hit back at a witness before the committee calling accusations of neo-Nazism in Ukraine a “disinformation trope” sourced out of
MediaiteAug 25 2022
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DHS Folds Disinformation Board After Criticism Over Threat to Free Speech
The Department of Homeland Security has terminated a government board formed earlier this year to combat online disinformation, after a range of critics said it could stifle free expression on the internet and had an unclear mission.
It encountered widespread criticism from conservatives, civil liberties advocates and some current and former officials.
The decision to fold the
Wall Street Journal (News)Apr 08 2024
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Musk Wants Debate With Brazil Judge Over X 'Censorship'
Under investigation in Brazil, X owner Elon Musk escalated his row with a Supreme Court justice Monday over alleged censorship of the social network, challenging him to a debate and mocking his disinformation crackdown. The row erupted over the weekend, when Musk lashed out at crusading Brazilian Supreme Court judge Alexandre de Moraes, who has aggressively fought disinformation online --
Barron'sDec 11 2016
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Senate Quietly Passed the “Countering Disinformation and Propaganda Act"
Also called the Countering Information Warfare Act of 2016 (S. 2692), when introduced in March by Sen. Rob Portman, the legislation represents a dramatic return to Cold War-era government propaganda battles.
InfoWarsSep 25 2020
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Facebook Is Failing in Global Disinformation Fight, Says Former Worker
While Facebook has heralded improvements to its fight against disinformation in the United States, it has been slow to deal with fake accounts that have affected elections around the world, according to a post published by a former employee.
The employee, who worked on a Facebook team dedicated to rooting out so-called inauthentic activity on the service, said executives ignored or were
New York Times (News)Sep 23 2020
Analysis
Trump Team turns to disinformation as the GOP keeps losing in court
Democrats and voting rights advocates keep winning swing state lawsuits extending the deadlines when absentee ballots that are postmarked by Election Day can arrive by mail and be counted. But as Republicans appeal those extensions, President Trump and his family are ramping up disinformation about absentee ballots and counting votes after Election Day.
The President’s son, Donald Trump
AlterNet