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Dec 05 2022
Fact Check
‘PR for a Billionaire’ Is the New ‘Russian Disinformation’ for a Press Desperate to Avoid the Hunter Biden Story
The time for pretending the Hunter Biden laptop story was Russian disinformation has come and gone. Faced with the fact that they shamefully ignored the laptop story and Twitter’s outrageous censorship of it, mainstream reporters and pundits have latched onto a new narrative to justify their dismissal of a consequential matter.
All at once, they waved away Matt Taibbi’s release of the “
National Review Fact CheckFeb 20 2023
News
Disinformation Inc: State Department-backed group cuts ties with group blacklisting conservative news
As a direct result of multiple Washington Examiner reports, a State Department-backed nonprofit group is severing its financial relationship with a "disinformation" tracking organization that is secretly blacklisting and taking steps to shut down conservative media.
The National Endowment for Democracy, a group funded almost entirely through congressional appropriations, granted $545,
Washington ExaminerSep 25 2020
News
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
AlterNetDec 11 2016
News
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.
InfoWarsAug 28 2020
News
Google greenlights ads with ‘blatant disinformation’ about voting by mail
Google has declined to remove ads from a shadowy group echoing President Trump’s misleading claim that there is a meaningful difference between voting by mail and absentee voting.
Google took five days to reach its decision to leave the ads in place, alarming voting rights advocates as well as researchers in the University of Washington’s Human Centered Design and Engineering department
Washington PostAug 13 2020
Analysis
The U.S election has all the ingredients to become a river of disinformation
The U.S presidential election will take place in 82 days, but fact-checkers from all over the world can already tell that the United States has the ingredients to see a campaign flooded by mis/disinformation. Here are some urgent tips not only for the press but also for voters.
The fact that the polls aren’t showing a leading candidate, with a wide margin of voting intention, has caught
PoynterNov 03 2022
News
Biden’s war on ‘disinformation’ ramps up as GOP accuses officials of playing politics with the truth
A handful of President Joe Biden's most important federal agencies are stepping up efforts to monitor and counteract "disinformation" on social media platforms, even in the face of criticism that the administration is attempting to silence conservative or opposing viewpoints.
The actions by the federal agencies come as Missouri and Louisiana are pursuing legal action against Biden,
Fox News (Online News)Nov 03 2021
Analysis
Beware People Trying to Dismiss Jack Dorsey's Inflation Analysis as Disinformation
I hope you squirreled away that cool 16 cents you saved on your Fourth of July barbeque this year. Across the board, prices seem to be going up, up, up.
Gas is more expensive (up 42.7 percent). Cars and trucks, too (up 7.6 percent for new and 31.9 percent (!) for used). Your wallet is surely feeling the burn at the grocery store (up 3 percent). Meat, in particular, is getting really
ReasonApr 29 2022
News
DHS Standing Up Disinformation Governance Board Led by Information Warfare Expert
A new board at the Department of Homeland Security will focus on countering misinformation and disinformation, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas told lawmakers today, with Wilson Center fellow Nina Jankowicz separately confirming that she would be executive director of the board.
During a hearing before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security to discuss
Homeland Security Today