• NYC Mayor Adams vetoes bills banning solitary confinement in jails and expanding reporting of police stops

    NYC Mayor Adams vetoes bills banning solitary confinement in jails and expanding reporting of police stops

    Jan 19, 2024 10:53 PM EDT

    ... council to immediately hold an override vote. New York City Public Advocate Jumaane Williams, who introduced the bills, dismissed Adams’ criticism as “fear-mongering” and misinformation. “A full understanding of the legislation makes it clear that enacting these reforms will be good for public safety, while preventing them will make ...

  • East and West coasts brace for more snow and ice amid deadly storms

    East and West coasts brace for more snow and ice amid deadly storms

    Jan 19, 2024 01:59 PM EDT

    ... officials said. The water system experienced increased pressure due to a spike when people filled their bathtubs in response to what officials called a “deliberate misinformation campaign” on social media about the city’s water supply, Jackson water manager Ted Henifin said. Since extreme cold weather set in last week ...

  • World Economic Forum spotlights the opportunities and risks of AI

    World Economic Forum spotlights the opportunities and risks of AI

    Jan 19, 2024 12:20 AM EDT

    ... workplaces, elections and privacy. The European Union has devised the world's first comprehensive AI rules ahead of a busy election year, with AI-powered misinformation and disinformation the biggest risk to the global economy as it threatens to erode democracy and polarize society, according to a World Economic Forum ...

  • Congress sends Biden temporary funding bill to avert government shutdown

    Congress sends Biden temporary funding bill to avert government shutdown

    Jan 18, 2024 11:55 PM EDT

    ... United States Congress and has lied to the American people. Lisa Desjardins: Now, of course, Mayorkas and Democrats decry that. They say that that is misinformation, in their words. The lie that he -- that Republicans are talking about, they say, when Secretary Mayorkas said the border is under operational control ...

  • WATCH: Law enforcement response to Uvalde shooting a 'failure,' Attorney General Garland says

    WATCH: Law enforcement response to Uvalde shooting a 'failure,' Attorney General Garland says

    Jan 18, 2024 04:23 PM EDT

    ... report details how early policing errors were compounded by communication failures in the ensuing days as authorities distributed inaccurate and conflicting information, sowing rumors and misinformation. In one case, Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steve McCraw falsely accused a school staffer of propping open a door that the shooter ...

  • Trans youth ‘terrified’ of what Louisiana’s new health care ban will mean

    Trans youth ‘terrified’ of what Louisiana’s new health care ban will mean

    Jan 16, 2024 05:28 PM EDT

    ... tweeted, “Pediatric sex changes should have no place in our society.” Opponents of the new law say the campaign for the ban was fueled by misinformation and swarmed with religious arguments, and also overstates the prevalence of some of these treatments. A 2023 Louisiana Department of Health study, based on ...

  • At Davos, conflict, climate change and AI get top billing as leaders converge for the World Economic Forum

    At Davos, conflict, climate change and AI get top billing as leaders converge for the World Economic Forum

    Jan 16, 2024 12:41 AM EDT

    Forum organizers warned last week that the threat posed by misinformation generated by AI, such as through the creation of synthetic content, is the world's greatest short-term threat. State of democracies Such misinformation could surge this year, and one session explores the threat of “bots and plots" on ...

  • What we know so far about the Jeffrey Epstein documents

    What we know so far about the Jeffrey Epstein documents

    Jan 04, 2024 02:51 PM EDT

    ... mention figures whose names were already known, including high-profile friends of Epstein's and victims who have spoken publicly. Ahead of the documents' release, misinformation about their contents ran rampant on social media. Users wrongly claimed that late-night host Jimmy Kimmel's name might appear, spurred by a ...

  • First batch of Jeffrey Epstein case documents released by New York court

    First batch of Jeffrey Epstein case documents released by New York court

    Jan 04, 2024 02:27 AM EDT

    ... say they are victims of sexual assault unless they decide to tell their stories publicly, as Giuffre has done.Even before the documents were released, misinformation about what was in them abounded. Social media users wrongly claimed that late-night host Jimmy Kimmel’s name might appear in the documents ...

  • What to know about Minnesota's new state flag and seal

    What to know about Minnesota's new state flag and seal

    Jan 04, 2024 12:33 AM EDT

    ... right in the center. The state Democratic Party chairman issued a news release taking one GOP lawmaker to task for fueling the spread of the misinformation on social media. Two Republican lawmakers who were nonvoting members of the commission objected to putting the Dakota name for Minnesota on the seal ...