Russian disinformation groups likely orchestrated baseless claims targeting Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, falsely accusing the vice presidential candidate of sexually assaulting his students while he was a ...

The FBI is warning that several fabricated videos are misusing its name and insignia to promote false claims of problems at the polls. A written statement purported to come from the FBI urges media ...

This article was supplied by NewsGuard. As the war in Ukraine approaches the three-year anniversary of the Russian invasion that launched the conflict, NewsGuard has now identified and debunked 302 ...

Following the shooting of Charlie Kirk, false accusations that the shooter was transgender spread online. This follows a pattern where disinformation falsely links transgender individuals to major ...

A Russian-aligned propaganda network notorious for creating deepfake whistleblower videos appears to be behind a coordinated effort to promote wild and baseless claims that Minnesota governor and vice ...

new video loaded: Amid Chaos in Mexico, False Images Stoked Fears transcript Online disinformation proliferated rapidly after the Mexican military killed the country’s top cartel leader, fueling fear ...

Americans did not learn the term “disinformation” until the Cold War neared its end, and they might be surprised to learn that the word has Bolshevik origins. It derives from the Russian ...

Throughout 2024—the so-called “year of elections”—when half the world’s population went to the ballot box, there was a tussle between authoritarianism and democracy that played to a relative draw.

Russia spread false claims about the U.S. government’s response to hurricanes Helene and Milton in an effort to sow discontent and undermine public support for Ukraine, according to a new report from ...

The impacts of mis/disinformation extend far beyond politics. This growing cyber threat has the potential to impact us all, evading our conscious analytical thinking. No one is inherently immune from ...

Most Americans lie at least one to four times each day research shows, and about 60% of people 18 and older can’t have a conversation without lying every ten minutes. Disinformation media and abstract ...

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