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Voters cast their ballots at a polling station set up in a fire station on Aug. 23 in Miami Beach, Fla.

Politics & Government

Social media firms are prepping for the midterms. Experts say it may not be enough

12:18pm September 12, 2022

by Shannon Bond

Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and TikTok are bringing back familiar strategies from 2020 to fight the spread of disinformation in the 2022 midterm elections.

Politics & Government

State officials say false information about elections was aired on Fox News

5:26pm August 15, 2022

by Paul Garber

The state Board of Elections says a former Trump administration official passed along false information about North Carolina's elections during a national broadcast last week.

A jury has ordered conspiracy theorist Alex Jones to pay millions of dollars for spreading lies about the Sandy Hook school massacre. But his influence in right-wing media and politics remains strong.

National

How Alex Jones helped mainstream conspiracy theories become part of American life

9:28am August 06, 2022

by Shannon Bond

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones must pay millions in damages for spreading lies about the Sandy Hook school massacre. But even if the penalties shut down Infowars, his influence will remain.

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Nina Jankowicz resigned as head of the Disinformation Governance Board at DHS after relentless attacks from conservatives. DHS has put the board on pause.

Politics & Government

She joined DHS to fight disinformation. She says she was halted by... disinformation

5:00am May 21, 2022

by Shannon Bond

Nina Jankowicz looks back at how exaggerations and falsehoods stoked so many doubts about the Disinformation Governance Board that DHS paused it after just three weeks.

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A group within the Department of Homeland Security focused on combating disinformation has been paused.

Politics & Government

DHS pauses a board created to combat disinformation amid a campaign to discredit it

5:11pm May 18, 2022

by Deepa Shivaram

The Department of Homeland Security said Wednesday it would pause the work of a board created to combat disinformation. The board — and its leader — faced an online campaign to discredit its work.

Politics & Government

Forsyth County addresses election misinformation with education

2:59pm April 27, 2022

by Paul Garber

When early voting for the 2022 primary begins Thursday, some Forsyth County residents will have a better understanding of how this election will work.

Ben Bergquam was hospitalized with COVID in January. He says he brought his own prescription for ivermectin — an unproven COVID therapy.

Health & Safety

What a bottle of ivermectin reveals about the shadowy world of COVID telemedicine

3:45pm February 09, 2022

by Geoff Brumfiel

An anti-vaccine group known for spreading medical disinformation is writing prescriptions for unproven COVID-19 treatments, with the help of a doctor whose medical license was revoked in Alabama.

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The European Commission is asking Facebook, Twitter, Google and others to share more details about what their platforms are doing to curb disinformation.

Europe Wants Social Media Giants To Do More To Stop Disinformation

9:16am May 26, 2021

by Jaclyn Diaz

The executive branch of the European Union is asking Facebook, Google, Twitter and others to provide details on how they are responding to disinformation on their platforms.

A man holds a Black Lives Matter flag during a March protest in St. Paul, Minn. Support for Black Lives Matter surged after protests following George Floyd's death. Activists charge that disparaging posts targeting BLM are part of an overall effort to und

National

Black Lives Matter Fights Disinformation To Keep The Movement Strong

2:56pm May 25, 2021

by Cheryl Corley

Calls for racial justice and an end to police brutality still fill social media platforms a year after George Floyd's murder. But Black Lives Matter says posts targeting it are full of disinformation.

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Journalist Masha Borzunova during a taping of the show Fake News in TV Rain's Moscow studios.

World News

Russian Show 'Fake News' Wages Lone Battle Against The Kremlin's TV Propaganda

11:03am May 15, 2021

by Lucian Kim

There is almost no news alternative to government propaganda on Russian television — save for one channel known as TV Rain. But it only streams on the Web after cable dropped.

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