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Jul 12 2023
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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
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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
ViceJun 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
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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 InterceptFeb 13 2023
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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 ExaminerNov 30 2018
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How Iran spreads disinformation around the world
A Tehran-based agency has quietly fed propaganda through at least 70 websites to countries from Afghanistan to Russia. And American firms have helped.
ReutersApr 02 2024
News
Compassionately Communicating Life: Kristi Noem
Compassionately Communicating Life: Kristi Noem Commentary by South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem via RealClear Wire, In 2022, the pro-life movement experienced a massive victory: For the first time in 50 years, the Supreme Court returned decision-making about abortion back to the states – to the people. Immediately after, the left and their allies in the media eagerly continued their half-
ZeroHedgeMay 06 2021
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Hillary Clinton: ‘There has to be a global reckoning with disinformation’
The former secretary of state warns of the danger to democracy of lies flourishing online – and says big tech’s wings must be clipped
Her bid for the White House was engulfed by a tidal wave of fabricated news and false conspiracy theories. Now Hillary Clinton is calling for a “global reckoning” with disinformation that includes reining in the power of big tech.
The former
The Guardian