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 ...

Storm-1516 campaign uses fabricated videos, phony websites and anonymous influencers to spread tales about election fraud, corruption and sexual abuse.

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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

We all support free speech – or say we do, anyway. A poll last year found that 93 percent of Americans consider the First Amendment vital. But what do we think about misinformation and intentional ...

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