#disinformation

#disinformation

China conducts overwhelming political warfare against Taiwan-disinformation, cognitive warfare, fake news. It's a constant battle for public perception and morale. And it's getting worse.

The Kremlin used the recent vote of no confidence against European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen to launch a narrative about the dysfunctions of European institutions, attempting to polarize and weaken the EU.

The report by the Washington DC-based Tech Transparency Project reveals that Houthi-affiliated arms dealers have been openly operating commercial weapon stores for months on both platforms.

"Having an energy conversation without talking about climate is like talking about smoking and not talking about cancer." For too many years, the petroleum industry has discouraged analysis of energy policy and its climate results.

Over 100 people have now been confirmed dead following flash floods in central Texas over the weekend, including 27 young campers and staff at a local girls' summer camp.

Just hours after Minnesotans learned that Democratic House leader Melissa Hortman had been assassinated, right-wing influencer Collin Rugg, who has 1.8 million followers on X, posted a 'report' that hinted that she'd been killed because of a recent vote on ending undocumented adults' ability to enroll in MinnesotaCare, a subsidized health insurance for the working poor.

DW Fact check debunked multiple misleading videos claiming to show current Israeli attacks on Iran, revealing they actually depict events from 2003 in Baghdad.

"It is so far out of left field that I find it insulting to our members of Congress that they would actually give them something like this."

Mountainhead presents a stark reflection of our current reality, spotlighting the disconnection in a tech-driven world battling chaos fueled by disinformation.

The empty seat reserved for Vladimir Putin at the Istanbul negotiations symbolized Russia's refusal to engage in peace talks and ceasefires during the ongoing war in Ukraine.

The Elysee Palace has condemned as disinformation the claims that Macron took cocaine with Merz and Starmer on a train to Kyiv, emphasizing vigilance against manipulation.

Kennedy has historically profited from his 'vaccine skepticism', tapping into a network of multibranching disinformation that undermines public health.

Decades of psychological research suggest that authoritarian leaders and their admirers consistently share one thing in common: they twist the truth.

"House Bill 366, often referred to online as the Texas meme bill, was filed on Feb. 27, 2025, by Rep. Dade Phelan (R-T.X.). The law would require political ads using digitally altered media to display a label stating that it includes content that isn't real."

Mark Bunting, the director of online safety strategy delivery at Ofcom, noted that while the OSA created an advisory committee on disinformation, it lacks provisions addressing disinformation directly.

CISA's job is to "hunt and harden our systems," but instead, it got involved in misinformation/disinformation campaigns, according to Secretary Noem.

Bluesky announced on Monday that it is rolling out blue check verification, confirming previous rumors that this feature was on its way to the platform.

More than half of Canadians still say they get political news from Facebook, despite the platform's ban on news articles from reputable outlets.

Vladimir Putin came to fight in Africa in the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s," Cameroonian influencer Franklin Nyamsi tells his hundreds of thousands of followers in a video shared across multiple platforms. "He participated in the fight against Western imperialism. I hope you know that.

"Escape is impossible. Because from the moment you enter the training camp, if you go to the bathroom in the middle of the night, there will be a guard with a loaded gun following you."