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It’s rarely breaking news that someone is not dead, but such headlines appeared on the DailyMail and elsewhere on Monday after a wave of disinformation pushed by Russian outlets claimed King Charles III had died. “We would like to inform you that the news about the death of King Charles III is fake,” the British …
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Getty Image Fox News isn’t doing so hot these days. Back in April they had to fork over a fortune because they spread some 2020 election nonsense. They’re getting sued again, this time because Tucker Carlson repeatedly tarred a probably innocent man. But in a sense they haven’t been doing well for a long time. …
Getty Image In an effort to reach Americans, the January 6 committee has been uploading clips from its ongoing hearings to YouTube. There’s just one small problem. A recent video was pulled for triggering YouTube’s policy against election disinformation, which is obviously going to be in the mix. The January 6 attacks were the result …
The head of the newly created Disinformation Governance Board resigned on Wednesday after reports that the board was suspended. Nina Jankowicz was tapped to lead a Department of Homeland Security board last month, which was tasked with tackling disinformation from foreign countries aimed at the U.S., but resigned today after the Washington Post reported that …
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Via Aaron Rupar on Twitter Conservatives are up in arms over a new Department of Homeland Security agency called the Disinformation Governance Board. After all, today’s GOP has a habit of spreading untruths. To the surprise of few, their attacks have inaccurately portrayed it, with many trying to claim that it’s some censorious board right …
On top of everything else making the world an awful, anxious place, Russia wants to invade Ukraine. The ever-aggressive nation is once again on a disinformation campaign, with some help from the Trump family, of course. And in SNL’s latest cold open, the Biden administration tried to make sense of it. James Austin Johnson, who …
