disinformation

Clashing approaches to combat AI’s ‘perpetual bulls**t machine’

The AI stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2024 got off to a fiery but constructive start on a panel about combating…

3 weeks ago

Steve Bannon Is Out of Prison and Spreading Lies Online

2024-10-30 09:50:03 Steve Bannon got out of federal prison at around 3 am Tuesday. Seven hours later, he was live…

3 weeks ago

Russia amplified hurricane disinformation to drive Americans apart, researchers find

WASHINGTON -- Russia has helped amplify and spread false and misleading internet claims about recent hurricanes in the United States…

4 weeks ago

Russian disinformation groups promoting false claims about Gov. Tim Walz, experts say

Russian disinformation groups likely orchestrated baseless claims targeting Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, falsely accusing the vice presidential candidate of sexually…

4 weeks ago

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas says election disinformation is “extremely damaging”

Washington — Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said Sunday that disinformation surrounding the election, along with false claims…

1 month ago

G20 nations agree to join efforts to fight disinformation and set AI guidelines

SAO PAULO -- SAO PAULO (AP) — Group of 20 leaders agreed Friday to join efforts to fight disinformation and…

2 months ago

Claims About Harris’ Earrings Echo Old Debate Conspiracies

2024-09-12 02:50:02 Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris speaks during the first ... [+] presidential debate at National…

2 months ago

Zuckerberg vows to resist federal efforts to influence Meta’s content

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg believes U.S. government pressure on his social media platforms to take down certain COVID-19 content in…

3 months ago

Meta axed CrowdTangle, a tool for tracking disinformation. Critics claim its replacement has just ‘1% of the features’

Journalists, researchers and politicians are mourning Meta’s shutdown of CrowdTangle, which they used to track the spread of disinformation on…

3 months ago

UK riots today: Groups attack hotels used to house asylum seekers as disinformation about Southport stabbing suspect spreads

2024-08-05 15:45:01 Rioters set fire and broke into hotels used to shelter asylum seekers in northern England on Sunday, as…

4 months ago