Ukraine’s Center for Countering Disinformation (CCD) has quietly removed posts that accused Tulsi Gabbard, former US Congresswoman and a critic of Ukraine’s government, of spreading fake news on behalf of Russia. These accusations were originally posted on social media, where the CCD had labeled Gabbard as someone who was working
A Russian company that specializes in fighting false information is getting ready to take legal action against the FBI. The company, called ANO Dialog, is upset about accusations that it spreads fake news and tries to undermine trust in the U.S. election process. According to a report from the Russian
The US State Department has made a surprising move: they’re offering up to $10 million for information about people connected to a popular Russian military blog called Rybar LLC. This blog has come under fire for spreading “disinformation” during elections in the United States. To find out more, a journalist
In 2019, at the height of the India-Pakistan border clashes, GeatGameInternational exposed a propaganda unit Command Eleven directed by former Pakistani, Israeli, and British military psychological warfare operatives peddling disinformation to stoke further tensions between the two countries. The story led to a major controversy with our reporters facing threats
An investigation has uncovered that Daniel Linden, a tech entrepreneur from Florida, is a key figure behind the Shirion Collective, a pro-Israel disinformation network targeting pro-Palestinian activists in the US, UK, and Australia. Shirion harasses activists, offers bounties for identifying protesters, spreads conspiracy theories, and claims to use AI for
There are multiple groups and agencies already focused on countering disinformation, but the question remains whether they are effective and efficient or a waste of taxpayer dollars. Some argue that it is time to get rid of federal ‘disinformation’ bureaus. Recently, Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines announced the creation
EU Commission Vice President Vera Jourova said that Europe wants a label as it fights disinformation to determine if it is real or made by AI. The European Union is pushing online platforms like Google and Meta to step up the fight against false information by adding labels to text,
The study, which examines how Team Jorge, an Israeli firm involved in destabilizing democracies, is operating in India and the rest of the world, is part of a larger investigation into the fake news industry and has been organized by Forbidden Stories.
Documents and emails that were stolen have revealed how Xandr used a secret blacklist used to defund alternative news by targeting unpopular speech and blocking conservative websites.
