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Sep 20 2023
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Biden campaign launches strategy to combat misinformation on social media
President Biden’s reelection campaign is creating a working group centered on combating misinformation on social media networks, a Biden campaign official told The Hill on Wednesday.
The group will be led by Rob Flaherty, deputy campaign manager; Michael Tyler, communications director; and Maury Riggan, general counsel, as well as aides from the rapid response communications team and
The HillApr 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 PressJan 16 2024
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Misinformation Watch: Jan. 8 Epstein Document Release Confuses Media Across the Spectrum
Disclaimer: This article contains explicit subject matter and language.
Newly unsealed documents in the Jeffrey Epstein scandal have drawn large amounts of media and dialogue across the spectrum.
A batch of documents unsealed on January 8 showed an email conversation from 2016 between Epstein victim Sarah Ransome and a journalist at The New York Post (Lean Right bias), in
Andy GorelNov 25 2023
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Report Finds Ads Next To Posts Containing Misinformation on X
A new report from media watchdog NewsGuard has found evidence of brand and other organizations' ads appearing next to multiple posts on Elon Musk's X that contain misleading or false information about the Israel-Hamas war.
The research focuses on 30 posts from 10 accounts over the period Nov .13 to Nov. 20, that it identified as being "egregious" spreaders of misinformation to do with
The MessengerSep 20 2023
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Biden’s campaign set to counterpunch on misinformation
Joe Biden’s presidential campaign is overhauling its strategy to fight misinformation on social media in the 2024 race, recruiting hundreds of staffers and volunteers to monitor platforms, buying advertising to fight bogus claims, pushing its own countermessages out through grassroots allies — with a bulldog aide helping lead the effort.
The change is driven by concern that social media
PoliticoDec 18 2023
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EU launches probe into Elon Musk's X for alleged failure to counter illegal content, disinformation
The European Union has opened an investigation into Elon Musk’s social media platform X under its Digital Services Act (DSA). European Commissioner Thierry Breton said the EU had opened a formal infringement proceeding against the platform formerly known as Twitter for suspected breach of obligations to counter illegal content and disinformation, suspected breach of transparency obligations,
Fox BusinessMay 08 2022
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Biden’s Disinformation Chief: Parents Concerned About Critical Race Theory Are ‘Disinformers’
The Biden administration’s new disinformation chief says that parents who are upset about critical race theory (CRT) making its way into public school classrooms are “disinformers” who “weaponize” the issue “for profit.”
Nina Jankowicz, who was appointed to lead the newly established Disinformation Governance Board at the Department of Homeland Security, dismissed the pushback against
The Epoch TimesApr 17 2023
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Meet a Disinformation Agent for a Mexican Cartel
Horrific violence wielded by transnational criminal organizations (TCOs) has sadly become part of Mexico’s reality, as is the use of threats and bribes to corrupt ministers, businessmen, governors, and even journalists. Sometimes, however, Mexican cartel tactics can be more subtle, using propaganda and targeted information to change policies by influencing public opinion. For example, Raymundo
The American ConservativeDec 13 2023
Perspectives Blog
Coverage of Derek Chauvin’s Stabbing: Conspiracy, Misinformation, and Middle Ground
Media outlets across the spectrum recently sparked confusion and conspiracy about the truth behind the stabbing of infamous inmate Derek Chauvin.
Chauvin, who is serving a 22.5-year sentence for the second-degree manslaughter and second- and third-degree murder of George Floyd, was stabbed 22 times with an “improvised knife” on Black Friday by former gang leader and fellow inmate John
Malayna J. BizierJan 21 2024
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Oregon uses AI to flag election 'misinformation,' raising fresh concerns about censorship
The Oregon secretary of state’s office used artificial intelligence in the 2022 election that flagged election fraud concerns as mis-, dis-, and malinformation (MDM) and may use it again this year, similar to how Arizona monitored online election information. The effort is already facing a lawsuit.
Oregon flagged election information online during the 2022 midterms, with an AI targeting
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