• Live updates: Tim Walz to accept VP nomination on Day 3 of the DNC

    Live updates: Tim Walz to accept VP nomination on Day 3 of the DNC

    Aug 21, 2024 03:45 PM EDT

    ... former President Donald Trump. “You have to stay in that barber shop and take on that fight because it is clear people have been given misinformation in a lot of cases,” said Mark Mallory, a former Cincinnati Mayor and Ohio state senator. Trump campaign plays up revision to jobs report ...

  • King Charles III meets with survivors of stabbing rampage that sparked unrest across Britain

    King Charles III meets with survivors of stabbing rampage that sparked unrest across Britain

    Aug 20, 2024 02:56 PM EDT

    ... Britain for more than a week after the stabbings, with crowds spouting anti-immigrant and Islamophobic slogans clashing with police. The disturbances were fueled by misinformation spread by right-wing activists using social media to falsely claim that a Muslim immigrant was behind the attack. Charles is also expected to ...

  • After Vienna concert cancellations, Swifties shake it off and flock to London

    After Vienna concert cancellations, Swifties shake it off and flock to London

    Aug 14, 2024 07:06 PM EDT

    ... a Swift-themed dance class in northern England, touching off a week of anti-immigrant unrest across the U.K. after right-wing activists spread misinformation about the suspect. Then the shows in Vienna were canceled after police arrested three Islamic State-inspired extremists they believed were planning to attack ...

  • French prosecutors investigating online harassment of Olympic boxing champ Imane Khelif

    French prosecutors investigating online harassment of Olympic boxing champ Imane Khelif

    Aug 14, 2024 06:14 PM EDT

    ... from opening punches. False claims that Khelif was transgender or a man erupted online, and the International Olympic Committee defended her and denounced those peddling misinformation. Khelif said that the spread of misconceptions about her “harms human dignity.” Among those who posted misinformation about the athlete were Donald Trump, Elon ...

  • What we know about the suspected Iranian cyber intrusion into Trump's campaign

    What we know about the suspected Iranian cyber intrusion into Trump's campaign

    Aug 13, 2024 10:19 PM EDT

    But two people familiar with the matter said the Biden-Harris campaign also was targeted in the suspected Iranian cyber intrusion. The people spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the details of the investigation. WATCH: Misinformation and foreign interference concerns loom over presidential ...

  • How Elon Musk uses his X social media platform to amplify right-wing views

    How Elon Musk uses his X social media platform to amplify right-wing views

    Aug 13, 2024 06:54 PM EDT

    Overseas — where most X users live — he's feuded with top officials in Australia, Brazil, the European Union and the U.K. over the balance between free speech and the spread of harmful misinformation. And he accused a political party in his native South Africa of “openly pushing for genocide ...

  • News outlets were leaked insider material taken from Trump campaign. They chose not to print it

    News outlets were leaked insider material taken from Trump campaign. They chose not to print it

    Aug 13, 2024 03:15 PM EDT

    ... you know that you're not being manipulated by the Trump campaign?" Jamieson said. She's conservative about publishing decisions "because we're in the misinformation age," she said. Thomas Rid, director of the Alperovitch Institute for Cybersecurity Studies at Johns Hopkins, also believes that the news organizations have made ...

  • Trump recounts assassination attempt and deportations with Musk during chat on X

    Trump recounts assassination attempt and deportations with Musk during chat on X

    Aug 13, 2024 01:51 PM EDT

    ... my head, I would not be talking to you right now — as much as I like you," Trump told X's owner Elon Musk. WATCH: Misinformation and foreign interference concerns loom over presidential race Musk, a former Trump critic, said the Republican nominee's toughness, as demonstrated by his reaction ...

  • How Wisconsin tests its voting machines to ensure election accuracy

    How Wisconsin tests its voting machines to ensure election accuracy

    Aug 12, 2024 10:25 PM EDT

    ... 800 different clerks in their local jurisdictions, which cuts the chance for any widespread fraud. But that hasn't stopped a plague of accusations and misinformation. After the 2020 presidential election, where Joe Biden won Wisconsin by roughly 21,000 votes, Republicans in the state claimed the process was rigged ...

  • News Wrap: Tropical Storm Debby expected to make 2nd landfall in Carolinas

    News Wrap: Tropical Storm Debby expected to make 2nd landfall in Carolinas

    Aug 07, 2024 10:40 PM EDT

    ... Shops in Northeast London were boarded up following recent protests targeting mosques and minority communities. More than 100 police officers have been injured in the clashes. The riots have been fueled by misinformation over a stabbing in late July in which three girls were killed in the town of Southport.