Politics / Disinformation
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US Senate Warns Big Tech to Act Fast Against Election Meddling
Top officials from Google, Apple, and Meta testified Wednesday before the United States Senate Intelligence Committee about each of their…
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Influencer Operations
What Right-Wing Influencers Actually Said in Those Tenet Media Videos
In hundreds of videos since taken down by YouTube, right-wing influencers working for Tenet Media—a company the US Department of…
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Politics
DOJ: Russia Aimed Propaganda at Gamers, Minorities to Swing 2024 Election
The documents show that the orchestrators of the campaign targeted existing divisions within US society, using racist stereotypes and far-right…
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Politics
Right-Wing Influencer Network Tenet Media Allegedly Spread Russian Disinformation
A Tennessee-based media network that produces shows for high-profile right-wing influencers such as Benny Johnson and Tim Pool was largely…
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election 2024
Trump's Shooting Rattled QAnon Believers. Then They Doubled Down
From the very first “Q drop” in 2017, which predicted Hillary Clinton’s imminent arrest, QAnon has made predictions that certain…
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car alarm
How Disinformation From a Russian AI Spam Farm Ended up on Top of Google Search Results
In the space of 24 hours, a piece of Russian disinformation about Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky’s wife buying a Bugatti…
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Politics
How Influencers and Algorithms Are Creating Bespoke Realities for Everyone
David: Key to these factions are influencers. How have they become so powerful? Renée: They have the followers. Even conspiracy…
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