Tag: disinformation
A Mysterious Flier, a Tiny Charity and a Disinformation Campaign at the Border
A flier urging migrants to vote for President Biden rocketed around right-wing social media. But was it authentic?
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The Lawyers Using Defamation Lawsuits to Address Political Disinformation
Michael J. Gottlieb is part of a cadre of lawyers deploying defamation, one of the oldest areas of the law, against a tide of political disinformation [...]
Blinken Warns of Disinformation Threat to Democracies
At an international forum, the secretary of state said artificial intelligence’s ability to disrupt the global flow of information could prove politic [...]
In Seoul, Blinken Warns of Disinformation Threat to Democracies
At an international forum, the secretary of state said artificial intelligence’s ability to disrupt the global flow of information could prove politic [...]
How Trump’s Allies Are Winning the War Over Disinformation
Their claims of censorship have successfully stymied the effort to filter election lies online.
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AI could 'supercharge' election disinformation, US tells the BBC
US Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco says the US wants tougher sentences for crimes involving AI.
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State Dept.’s Fight Against Disinformation Comes Under Attack
The Global Engagement Center has become the focus of Republican-led criticism that the U.S. government coerces social media platforms into removing of [...]
Canada flags concern on AI-generated deepfake disinformation campaigns
The Canadian Security Intelligence Service — Canada’s primary national intelligence agency — raised concerns about the disinformation campaigns conduc [...]
Election disinformation campaigns targeted voters of color in 2020. Experts expect 2024 to be worse.
“They’re getting more complex, more sophisticated and spreading like wildfire,” said Sarah Shah, director of policy and community engagement at the a [...]
Ruling Puts Social Media at Crossroads of Disinformation and Free Speech
Two months after President Biden took office, his top digital adviser emailed officials at Facebook urging them to do more to limit the spread of “vac [...]
Free Speech vs. Disinformation Comes to a Head
The outcome of a case in federal court could help decide whether the First Amendment is a barrier to virtually any government efforts to stifle disinf [...]
Prominent conservatives share online disinformation about Paul Pelosi assault
And some Republicans are taking notice of the mismatch between GOP leaders’ official response to the assault — condemning it while rejecting any l [...]
How Disinformation Splintered and Became More Intractable
Ahead of the midterm elections, the proliferation of alternative social media sites has helped cement false and misleading information as a defining f [...]
Tether responds to Wall Street Journal ‘disinformation’
Tether Holdings Limited has clapped back at The Wall Street Journal over an article it claims spread “false information” about the stablecoin issuer’s [...]
Disinformation Has Become Another Untouchable Problem in Washington
WASHINGTON — The memo that reached the top of the Department of Homeland Security in September could not have been clearer about its plan to create a [...]