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Jun 13 2019
News
Top AI researchers race to detect ‘deepfake’ videos: ‘We are outgunned’
Top artificial-intelligence researchers across the country are racing to defuse an extraordinary political weapon: computer-generated fake videos that could undermine candidates and mislead voters during the 2020 presidential campaign.
And they have a message: We’re not ready.
The researchers have designed automatic systems that can analyze videos for the telltale indicators of a
Washington PostMar 03 2020
Fact Check
Democrats’ Misleading Coronavirus Claims
Democrats have criticized President Donald Trump for his administration’s response to the new coronavirus, making claims about cuts to public health programs and the silencing of government experts. But they haven’t always gotten their facts right:
It’s true that the president’s budget proposals have consistently called for reduced funding for the Centers for Disease Control and
FactCheck.orgJul 29 2018
News
Facebook Is Failing to Aid Inquiry Into ‘Fake News,’ British Lawmakers Say
A closely watched British parliamentary committee examining Russia’s exploitation of social media to try to influence elections has called for sweeping new regulations on tech companies, and has accused Facebook of providing “disingenuous answers” to some questions while avoiding others “to the point of obstruction.”
New York Times (News)Oct 17 2019
News
Facebook's billionaire CEO Mark Zuckerberg addressed threats to free speech in a rare public address on Thursday
Speaking to a live audience at Georgetown University, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg defended Facebook's role in providing a voice to more than 2 billion people of around the world, and why he feels it's essential to protect freedom of expression on the internet.
"People having the power to express themselves at scale is a new kind of force in the world — a Fifth Estate alongside the
Business InsiderSep 16 2019
News
Father of Parkland shooting victim: 'Guns didn’t kill my daughter, Democratic policies did'
On "No Interruption," Fox Nation host Tomi Lahren sat down with Andrew Pollack, father of Parkland shooting victim Meadow Pollack.
Pollack became an outspoken advocate for school safety since the Parkland shooting, and he has now written a new book detailing his own investigation into the events that led to the massacre.
"I wanted to look into it, I wanted to honor my daughter to
Fox News DigitalNov 09 2022
Headline Roundup
Georgia Is Headed to a Senate Runoff. What Happens Next?
Neither Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock nor Republican Herschel Walker gained over 50% of the vote in Georgia on Election Day, multiple outlets projected, likely pushing the race into a December 6 runoff.
For Context: If other battleground Senate races go the way they’re currently leaning, Georgia will determine whether Republicans or Democrats control the Senate in January. This isn’t
CNBC ABC News (Online) Washington ExaminerJan 24 2018
News
Trump Tariffs Spark Criticism, Raise Tensions Over Trade
Eleven Pacific Rim nations forge a new trade bloc without the U.S. and Europe moves to shore up other ties as Washington takes tougher approach
Wall Street Journal (News)Aug 11 2020
Opinion
The Revolt of the Republican Strategists
What the Trump era has revealed about the people who used to run Republican campaigns.
Last week I found myself reading “It Was All a Lie: How the Republican Party Became Donald Trump,” the new book by Stuart Stevens, the longtime Republican operative and chief strategist for Mitt Romney’s losing 2012 campaign for the presidency. Stevens belongs to one of the notable sects in the church
New York Post (Opinion)May 28 2020
News
Pace Eases for Unemployment Claims, Benefits Distributions
U.S. workers filed 2.1 million jobless claims last week, extending a downward trend but remaining multiple times higher than before the coronavirus pandemic.
The Labor Department’s tally of filings for unemployment benefits was down compared with 2.4 million the prior week. Weekly unemployment claims—a proxy for layoffs—have held above 2 million jobs since mid-March, breaking records
Wall Street Journal (News)