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Sep 17 2020
Analysis
How should we think about Russian disinformation?
LAST MONTH, the Senate Intelligence Committee published a damning bipartisan report on Russia’s meddling in the 2016 election. Since then, we’ve heard more about what Russia may be up to in 2020. A week ago, Brian Murphy, a senior official at the Department of Homeland Security, filed a whistleblower complaint alleging that his bosses told him to suppress reports concerning ongoing Russian
Columbia Journalism ReviewJul 29 2020
News
US Officials: Russia Behind Spread of Virus Disinformation
Russian intelligence services are using a trio of English-language websites to spread disinformation about the coronavirus pandemic, seeking to exploit a crisis that America is struggling to contain ahead of the presidential election in November, U.S. officials said Tuesday.
Two Russians who have held senior roles in Moscow’s military intelligence service known as the GRU have been
Newsmax (News)Jun 04 2020
News
Lawmakers, tech companies struggle to curb coronavirus disinformation
While public health and government officials scramble to contain the spread of COVID-19 around the United States, some lawmakers are seeking to address another scourge: online disinformation about the virus that could pose health risks and sow division among Americans.
False information about the virus has spread quickly across the internet in recent months, taking the form of
Roll CallMay 10 2023
News
REVEALED: CIA solicited signatures for infamous letter suggesting Hunter Biden laptop was ‘Russian disinformation’
A new report out Wednesday from the Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government on Wednesday, obtained by The Post Millennial, has revealed that the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) solicited cosigners for the infamous letter calling the Hunter Biden laptop story "Russian disinformation" in the lead up to the 2020 election. "One signer of the statement, former CIA
The Post MillennialMay 10 2023
News
Biden Campaign Collaborated with Intel Officials to Falsely Portray Hunter Emails as Disinformation: House Report
National Review (News)Apr 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-
ZeroHedgeFeb 06 2020
News
Russian disinformation 'ongoing problem' says FBI chief
Russia is still interfering in US politics, according to FBI director Christopher Wray.
He was answering questions about online disinformation at a US House judiciary committee hearing.
"We are seeing, and have never stopped seeing, efforts to engage in malign foreign influence by the Russians," he told lawmakers.
China is also using disinformation campaigns to shift
BBC NewsNov 07 2019
News
Disinformation still running rampant on Facebook, study says
Most of the attention on Facebook and disinformation in the past week or so has focused on the platform’s decision not to fact-check political advertising, along with the choice of right-wing site Breitbart News as one of the “trusted sources” for Facebook’s News tab. But these two developments are just part of the much larger story about Facebook’s role in distributing disinformation of all
Columbia Journalism ReviewFeb 20 2023
Perspectives Blog
Misinformation Watch: 'Disinformation Risk Assessment' Lacks Transparency, Shows Bias Against the Right
From the CenterThe Global Disinformation Index (rated as Left bias by AllSides) recently published its 2022 “Disinformation Risk Assessment” on U.S. news media sources. The assessment ranked 69 sources on the likelihood that they’ll publish disinformation, by the group’s definition (explained later).
It’s good to want to be aware of misinformation and disinformation. But GDI’s
Henry A. BrechterOct 08 2019
Opinion
Hey Democrats, ‘Disinformation’ Can Sort Itself Out
Facebook’s refusal to ‘fact-check’ political speech has the DNC up in arms.
Facebook recently stated that it will neither censor nor “fact-check” statements by politicians on their site. This is great for political speech but — apparently — unwelcome news to the leadership of at least one of the major political parties.
The Democratic National Committee slammed Facebook’s
National Review (News)