Politics Sep 20 JD Vance once said conspiracy theories were idiotic. As Trump’s VP pick he is embracing them Donald Trump's running mate now agrees with many of Trump's most fevered beliefs, including the debunked claim that the 2020 election was unfairly decided or the bizarre and baseless suggestion that immigrants are eating pets in Ohio.
Politics Sep 18 FBI says Iranian hackers tried but failed to interest Biden campaign in stolen Trump info The announcement is the latest effort to call out what officials say is Iran’s brazen, ongoing work to interfere in the 2024 election, including a hack-and-leak campaign that the FBI and other federal agencies linked last month to Tehran.
Politics Sep 05 DOJ charges former 2016 Trump campaign adviser over his work for sanctioned Russian TV Indictments announced Thursday allege that Dimitri Simes and his wife received over $1 million dollars and a personal car and driver in exchange for work they did for Russia's Channel One since June 2022. The network was sanctioned by the…
World Aug 07 How Russian disinformation campaigns have sought to undermine the Paris Olympics Moscow is making its presence felt during the Paris Games, with groups linked to Russia’s government using online disinformation and state propaganda to spread incendiary claims and attack the host country.
Politics Mar 21 New bipartisan bill would require labeling of AI-generated videos and audio The proposal aims to protect users from the risks of so-called AI deepfakes, lifelike images, videos and audio created by artificial intelligence that can be hard or impossible to tell from the real thing.
World Jan 27 How Taiwan preserved election integrity by fighting back against disinformation Voters in Taiwan recently repelled a wave of disinformation seeking to undermine their democracy ahead of the election earlier this month. In doing so, the island can offer lessons to the U.S. and other nations holding their own elections amid…
Politics Nov 30 Thousands of fake Facebook accounts shut down by Meta were primed to polarize voters ahead of 2024 Meta says it has found and disabled thousands of fake Facebook accounts linked to China that were used to spread politically partisan content in the United States before next year's election.
Politics Nov 08 To help 2024 voters, Meta says it will begin labeling political ads that use AI-generated imagery Meta owns Facebook and Instagram and says it will put labels on political ads created using artificial intelligence. The policy announced Wednesday by Meta goes into effect Jan. 1 and will apply worldwide.
Politics Aug 06 Pence, Trump lawyer clash over what Trump told his vice president ahead of Jan. 6 Donald Trump's defense attorney says the former president never asked Mike Pence to overturn the will of the voters in the 2020 election. Pence rejected that account Sunday, saying that on Jan. 5, Trump's attorneys told him, "We want you to reject…
Economy Jul 31 Musk threatens to sue researchers documenting the rise in hateful tweets An attorney for the platform recently wrote to the Center for Countering Digital Hate accusing the group of trying to hurt the site's advertising.