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May 02 2023
News
Blinken: Letter Characterizing Hunter Biden Laptop as ‘Disinformation’ Wasn’t My Idea
Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the 2020 letter from former intelligence officers that falsely dismissed the Hunter Biden laptop as misinformation was not his idea, seemingly contradicting testimony from a former top CIA official, Michael Morell, who told Congress he organized the letter after taking a phone call from Blinken. "With regard to that letter, I didn’t—wasn’t my idea, didn’t
Washington Free BeaconApr 19 2023
News
Disinformation Inc: Massive corporation Oracle severs ties with conservative blacklist group
The multinational software company Oracle is cutting ties with the Global Disinformation Index, a State Department-funded group that the Washington Examiner revealed has been secretly blacklisting conservative media outlets.
"After conducting a review, we agree with others in the advertising industry that the services we provide marketers must be in full support of free speech, which is
Washington ExaminerJul 12 2023
News
FBI Helped Ukraine's Intel Service Flag US Government Account as 'Disinformation': House Report
The seal of the F.B.I. hangs in the Flag Room at the bureau's headquarters in Washington on March 9, 2007. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) A verified U.S. State Department account got caught up in a Ukrainian intelligence service’s efforts to suppress alleged Russian disinformation on social media, according to a new report (pdf) by the House Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal
The Epoch TimesDec 19 2022
Fact Check
Did Ex-Intel Officials Call Hunter Biden Laptop Disinformation?
The "Twitter files", an exposé of internal communications at the social media platform, has reheated interest in Hunter Biden's laptop, a story that revealed potentially compromising correspondence between an adviser at Ukraine energy firm Burisma and President Joe Biden's son.
Following a New York Post exclusive report in 2020, social media networks initially made efforts to limit the
NewsweekFeb 07 2020
Analysis
The Billion-Dollar Disinformation Campaign to Reelect the President
One day last fall, I sat down to create a new Facebook account. I picked a forgettable name, snapped a profile pic with my face obscured, and clicked “Like” on the official pages of Donald Trump and his reelection campaign. Facebook’s algorithm prodded me to follow Ann Coulter, Fox Business, and a variety of fan pages with names like “In Trump We Trust.” I complied. I also gave my cellphone
The AtlanticAug 27 2021
News
Reddit Responds to Calls From Moderators to Fight Disinformation
Some of the most popular subreddits are protesting the proliferation of COVID-19 disinformation and conspiracy theories on the platform. Moderators from several high profile subreddits, including r/awww, r/showerthoughts, and r/pics, are now calling on the site to do a better job of curbing the spread of disinformation.
“It is clear that even after promising to tackle the problem of
ViceFeb 13 2023
News
Disinformation Inc: Meet the groups hauling in cash to secretly blacklist conservative news
Well-funded "disinformation" tracking groups are part of a stealth operation blacklisting and trying to defund conservative media, likely costing the news companies large sums in advertising dollars, a Washington Examiner investigation found.
Major ad companies are increasingly seeking guidance from purportedly "nonpartisan" groups claiming to be detecting and fighting online "
Washington ExaminerJun 10 2022
Fact Check
Turkish ‘disinformation law’ will make it a crime to spread ‘fake news’
A “disinformation law” that, if passed, would impose up to three-year jail sentences for the spread of “fake news” or “disinformation,” has been sitting in Turkish parliament for years.
While the bill itself makes no attempt to define fake news or false information, independent journalists in the country speculate the so-called “disinformation” law may be a euphemism. In fact, the law
Poynter Fact CheckNov 03 2022
News
Truth Cops: Leaked Documents Outline DHS’s Plans to Police Disinformation
THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY is quietly broadening its efforts to curb speech it considers dangerous, an investigation by The Intercept has found. Years of internal DHS memos, emails, and documents — obtained via leaks and an ongoing lawsuit, as well as public documents — illustrate an expansive effort by the agency to influence tech platforms.
The work, much of which remains
The InterceptOct 21 2022
Opinion
Alex Jones’ Downfall Could Spell the End for the Disinformation Business Model
Try to imagine having a young child die in a horrific mass shooting. Now, imagine spending a decade being attacked and mocked by a mob of nutjobs who claim your child never even existed. These people show up at your home, demanding to see your now-murdered child. Some even go so far as to make rape threats and desecrate your baby’s grave.
All of these things happened in real life. And
Matt Lewis