Tracking National and Global Efforts to Distort the Truth
The president and a board member of True the Vote, a group which advocates for dis-proven voter fraud conspiracies, were jailed recently in Texas, where a federal judge found them in contempt of court....
It’s no secret that hundreds of local newspapers have gone out of business in recent years. It’s a huge challenge for print journalism to compete with the low cost and immediacy of online news....
When purveyors of false claims end up being well-funded for their efforts, the reach and consequences of their activities can have a much larger impact. This is especially true when those people are politicians...
In the run-up to the US 2020 election, the Department of Homeland Security issued a detailed paper titled Combating Targeted Disinformation Campaigns. The Following test comes from a section in the paper called the...
Spurred on by a Sheriff’s association promoting an untested legal theory, nearly half of the nation’s elected sheriffs currently believe they have more local jurisdiction than agents of the federal government. The idea is...
Tik Tok appears to be the social media platform most likely to allow election disinformation ads slip through. That’s according to an investigation conducted by Global Witness, an organization focused on tracking and mitigating...
The following is a statement presented to the United Nations by Mungo Woodifield, UK Spokesperson to the UN, at the UN Fourth Committee, 12th meeting – General Assembly, 77th Session. It stresses the importance...
The quality of scientific research is greatly enhanced by the peer-review process. But when that process is ignored, poorly supported research (and conclusions) are able to slip through. And in some cases, poorly supported...
Someone, quite possibly Russia, has been subtly editing Wikipedia articles in an effort to influence the narrative related to Russia’s war in the Ukrainian. The changes are often slight, yet sophisticated, and they are...
A growing number of universities have started offering courses focused on disinformation and media manipulation. Many of these courses include lessons on how to recognize false news and social manipulation activities, including ways to...
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