• How citizen investigators are helping the FBI track down Jan. 6 rioters

    How citizen investigators are helping the FBI track down Jan. 6 rioters

    Jan 03, 2024 11:35 PM EDT

    ... the capacity in any law enforcement agency to handle a surge of political violence or hate-fueled violence when that -- when it's driven by misinformation that is believed by millions and millions of people. Judy Woodruff: She says now that members of the public are engaging in violent extremist ...

  • The online information war over fake content linked to Israel-Hamas conflict

    The online information war over fake content linked to Israel-Hamas conflict

    Dec 28, 2023 11:25 PM EDT

    ... was a doll. That went viral. It was published in the Israeli press. I mean, does the global interest in this war mean that that misinformation, disinformation gets spread even faster? Valerie Wirtschafter: I think shocking things, things that resonate, go viral. The boring stuff, the truth when we can ...

  • As social media guardrails fade and AI deepfakes go mainstream, experts warn of impact on elections

    As social media guardrails fade and AI deepfakes go mainstream, experts warn of impact on elections

    Dec 27, 2023 10:27 PM EDT

    The Trump factor Trump’s front-runner status in the Republican presidential primary is top of mind for misinformation researchers who worry that it will exacerbate election misinformation and potentially lead to election vigilantism or violence. The former president still falsely claims to have won the 2020 election. READ FULL ...

  • Robert F. Kennedy Jr. aims for voters distrustful of mainstream politics

    Robert F. Kennedy Jr. aims for voters distrustful of mainstream politics

    Dec 25, 2023 07:30 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. Rigorous study and real-world evidence from hundreds of millions of administered shots prove that COVID ...

  • Meta's Oversight Board reversed initial decisions to remove 2 videos of Israel-Hamas war

    Meta's Oversight Board reversed initial decisions to remove 2 videos of Israel-Hamas war

    Dec 19, 2023 03:34 PM EDT

    ... 7 levels. Meta, then called Facebook, launched the Oversight Board in 2020 in response to criticism that it wasn’t moving fast enough to remove misinformation, hate speech and influence campaigns from its platforms. The board has 22 members, a multinational group that includes legal scholars, human rights experts and ...

  • News Wrap: Ukraine commander says weapons in short supply

    News Wrap: Ukraine commander says weapons in short supply

    Dec 18, 2023 11:45 PM EDT

    ... company has gone enough to stop the spread of illegal content. It's the first such investigation under new regulations aimed at hate speech and misinformation. The Republican governor of Texas, Greg Abbott, signed a sweeping new law today that lets local police arrest migrants who cross the border illegally ...

  • EU investigates X over potential violations of social media law

    EU investigates X over potential violations of social media law

    Dec 18, 2023 05:33 PM EDT

    ... but now merely indicate someone pays $8 a month to boost their posts above unchecked users. WATCH: Social media companies criticized as Israel-Hamas war misinformation spreads rampantly The EU has called out X as the worst place online for fake news, and officials have exhorted owner Musk to do ...

  • Federal judge upholds Texas' TikTok ban on state-owned devices

    Federal judge upholds Texas' TikTok ban on state-owned devices

    Dec 12, 2023 07:59 PM EDT

    ... platform, owned by Beijing-based ByteDance, could put sensitive data in the hands of the Chinese government or be used as a tool to spread misinformation. In light of those concerns, dozens of states, Congress and many universities across the country have taken steps to restrict the use of TikTok ...

  • Elon Musk restores conspiracy theorist Alex Jones' X account, reversing Twitter's ban

    Elon Musk restores conspiracy theorist Alex Jones' X account, reversing Twitter's ban

    Dec 10, 2023 05:02 PM EDT

    ... two suspensions over antisemitic posts last year; and far-right Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, who was kicked off the platform for violating its COVID-19 misinformation policies. Trump, who was banned for encouraging the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol insurrection, has his own social media site, Truth Social, and has only ...

  • Takeaways from the 4th GOP presidential debate in Alabama

    Takeaways from the 4th GOP presidential debate in Alabama

    Dec 07, 2023 12:54 PM EDT

    ... 6,2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol was an “inside job” — hardly distancing himself from the former president and his penchant for lies and misinformation. Ramaswamy has been particularly adept at pulling fire away from Trump. The 38-year-old political novice and pharmaceutical entrepreneur has specialized in grating ...