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Jun 06 2023
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Is It Real or Made by AI? Europe Wants a Label as It Fights Disinformation
The European Union is pushing online platforms like Google and Meta to step up the fight against false information by adding labels to text, photos and other content generated by artificial intelligence, a top official said Monday.
EU Commission Vice President Vera Jourova said the ability of a new generation of AI chatbots to create complex content and visuals in seconds raises "fresh
Voice of America (VOA)May 18 2022
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DHS to pause work of disinformation board
The Department of Homeland Security will pause the work of a controversial board to coordinate efforts to battle disinformation, saying that while its work was “grossly and intentionally mischaracterized” the “false attacks have become a significant distraction.”
Its leader, disinformation expert Nina Jankowicz, will also resign from the department.
Designed as a way to
The HillMar 22 2024
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Ryan Cole presents COVID falsehoods at Idaho Capitol, says his speeches ‘cost me my career’
A powerful conservative lobbying group in Idaho hosted Dr. Ryan Cole, a member of the Boise-area public health district, at the Idaho Capitol on Thursday for an event centered on disinformation about the COVID-19 pandemic. The Idaho Freedom Foundation, which has advocated for legislation to curtail public health districts and outlaw measures like mandated masks and vaccination requirements,
Idaho StatesmanOct 03 2020
Analysis
Trump Is a Super-Spreader of Disinformation
A super-spreader—a term we didn’t much use nine months ago—is a person with a contagious disease who gives it to a lot of other people. In the coronavirus pandemic, super-spreaders have played an outsize role. Scientists have identified super-spreaders who have infected dozens of people with the virus, while others with the illness haven’t infected anyone at all. Super-spreaders may explain
The AtlanticMar 25 2024
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In Chicago, French ambassador warns freedom at stake in stalemate over Ukraine aid
A continued stalemate led by congressional Republicans over U.S. aid to Ukraine in fighting its war with Russia fails to take into account that freedom around the world is at stake, the French ambassador to the U.S. said Monday. Ambassador Laurent Bili, making his first visit to Chicago since being appointed to the post more than a year ago, also said Russia President Vladimir Putin’s efforts
Chicago TribuneFeb 08 2023
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Disinformation Researchers Raise Alarms About A.I. Chatbots
Soon after ChatGPT debuted last year, researchers tested what the artificial intelligence chatbot would write after it was asked questions peppered with conspiracy theories and false narratives.
The results — in writings formatted as news articles, essays and television scripts — were so troubling that the researchers minced no words.
“This tool is going to be the most powerful
New York Times (News)Oct 25 2023
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FBI Allegedly Covered Up Biden Family Accusations By Calling Them ‘Foreign Disinformation,’ Sen Grassley Finds
The FBI allegedly covered up information provided about the Biden family by its own confidential human sources by labeling it “foreign disinformation,” according to new information provided Wednesday by Republican Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley. Grassley wrote a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland and FBI Director Christopher Wray on Tuesday detailing how the FBI allegedly undermined its own
The Daily CallerApr 29 2022
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Disinformation board to tackle Russia, migrant smugglers
The Department of Homeland Security is stepping up an effort to counter disinformation coming from Russia as well as misleading information that human smugglers circulate to target migrants hoping to travel to the U.S.-Mexico border.
“The spread of disinformation can affect border security, Americans’ safety during disasters, and public trust in our democratic institutions,” the
Associated PressFeb 19 2021
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How countries amplify COVID disinformation
China, Russia and Iran — drawing on one another’s online disinformation — amplified false theories that the COVID-19 virus originated in a U.S. bioweapons lab or was designed by Washington to weaken their countries, according to a nine-month investigation by AP and the Atlantic Council’s DFRLab.
Why it matters: Through a series of overlapping, if slapdash, efforts, America's global
AxiosMar 30 2022
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How to spot disinformation around the war in Ukraine
Shortly after Russia invaded Ukraine in late February, false information about the conflict began circulating online -- like the now-debunked story about the Ukrainian fighter pilot known as the “Ghost of Kyiv” who was rumored to have brought down six Russian planes.
Distorted footage and false claims about the war quickly filled Facebook, Instagram, Tik Tok and Twitter, with critics
The Hill