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  • Informant in GOP's Biden investigation accused of lying and having ties to Russia

    Informant in GOP's Biden investigation accused of lying and having ties to Russia

    Feb 21, 2024 11:45 PM EDT

    ... by House Republicans for -- in favor of impeachment are traceable to him. Laura Barron-Lopez: In this filing, special counsel David Weiss said -- quote -- "The misinformation he is spreading is not confined to 2020. He," being Smirnov, "is actively peddling new lies that could impact U.S. elections after meeting ...

  • Wikileaks founder Julian Assange makes last-ditch attempt to avoid U.S. extradition

    Wikileaks founder Julian Assange makes last-ditch attempt to avoid U.S. extradition

    Feb 20, 2024 11:50 PM EDT

    ... what's underlying all this. And it's not surprising in the context of what we have seen the Russians do in terms of election misinformation, disinformation, and their efforts to manipulate Western and -- Western audiences. So this wouldn't be surprising as a Russian tactic. Whether it's accurate ...

  • How 2020 election denialism became a litmus test for the GOP

    How 2020 election denialism became a litmus test for the GOP

    Feb 19, 2024 11:40 PM EDT

    ... for his daughter-in-law, Lara Trump, to be a co-chair to the committee. William Brangham: I mean, we saw what all of this misinformation and lies did to the country in the last election cycle. If this keeps up, what do you imagine this means for 2024? Laura ...

  • Americans divided on TikTok ban as Biden campaign joins the app, AP-NORC poll says

    Americans divided on TikTok ban as Biden campaign joins the app, AP-NORC poll says

    Feb 16, 2024 11:25 PM EDT

    ... about the amount of time children and teenagers spend on TikTok. A majority of adults, 59 percent, say they are concerned about the spread of misinformation on the app, while about half are worried about people doing dangerous or illegal things they see others doing on the platform, something that ...

  • Tech giants sign voluntary accord to combat election deepfakes generated with AI

    Tech giants sign voluntary accord to combat election deepfakes generated with AI

    Feb 16, 2024 06:12 PM EDT

    ... audio clips in robocalls are against the law, but that doesn't cover audio deepfakes when they circulate on social media or in campaign advertisements. Misinformation experts warn that while AI deepfakes are especially worrisome for their potential to fly under the radar and influence voters this year, cheaper and ...

  • Why diversity initiatives at colleges and companies are facing political backlash

    Why diversity initiatives at colleges and companies are facing political backlash

    Feb 15, 2024 11:35 PM EDT

    ... to state and to cities and towns within states. So there's a strategy that is absolutely succeeding. And that strategy is largely fueled by misinformation and disinformation about what's happening on campuses based on anecdotes, based on rumors, not based on robust samples of thousands and millions of ...

  • Russia has obtained 'troubling' capability for anti-satellite space weapon, White House says

    Russia has obtained 'troubling' capability for anti-satellite space weapon, White House says

    Feb 15, 2024 08:17 PM EDT

    ... s plans and operations over the course of its nearly two-year war with Ukraine. Such efforts have been focused on highlighting plans for Russian misinformation operations or to throw attention on Moscow’s difficulties in prosecuting its war against Ukraine as well as its coordination with Iran and North ...

  • Super Bowl ad for RFK Jr. stirs Democratic and family tension over his independent 2024 presidential bid

    Super Bowl ad for RFK Jr. stirs Democratic and family tension over his independent 2024 presidential bid

    Feb 12, 2024 07:40 PM EDT

    ... a lawsuit pending against a number of news organizations, among them The Associated Press, accusing them of violating antitrust laws by taking action to identify misinformation, including about COVID-19 and COVID-19 vaccines. Kennedy took leave from the group when he announced his run for president but is listed ...

  • Kansas' attorney general is telling schools they must out trans kids to parents, even with no specific law

    Kansas' attorney general is telling schools they must out trans kids to parents, even with no specific law

    Feb 09, 2024 11:58 PM EDT

    ... in December. She chided Kobach for not citing actual cases in the district of parents' rights being violated and suggested that he was relying on “misinformation” from “partisan sources.” “We are not caricatures from the polarized media, but rather real people who work very hard in the face of intense ...

  • Multiple threats to election systems prompt U.S. cybersecurity agency to boost cooperation with states

    Multiple threats to election systems prompt U.S. cybersecurity agency to boost cooperation with states

    Feb 09, 2024 12:44 AM EDT

    ... list of security challenges keeps growing. Among them: potential cyberattacks waged by foreign governments, criminal ransomware gangs attacking computer systems and the persistence of election misinformation that has led to harassment of election officials and undermined public confidence. Just in the past few weeks, AI-generated robocalls surfaced in New ...

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