Staged videos fuel religious hate and misogyny in India
Share By Akhil RanjanBBC Global Disinformation TeamIn a video shared and watched by millions of people in India, a man is seen attacking a person who is wearing a black […]
[FALSE] “Luxurious and magnificent mosques in Pakistan were destroyed by the mob to sell the bricks and iron for the food needs of its people”
February 22, 2023 Aribowo Sasmito Slander / Incitement / Hoax 0 MISLEADING narration. THE FACTS: NOT being damaged to sell building materials, the mosque was damaged because it was the target of hate attacks […]
A Frontal Assault on Democracy. How a Covert Firm Spreads Lies and Chaos Around the World
national Former Israeli agents have apparently manipulated nearly three dozen elections. Their clients: power-hungry politicians and wealthy businessmen. They are part of a rapidly growing global disinformation industry in which […]
Revealed: the hacking and disinformation team meddling in elections
Disinfo black opsTechnology Stephanie Kirchgaessner, Manisha Ganguly, David Pegg, Carole Cadwalladr and Jason Burke Wed 15 Feb 2023 Tal Hanan has always denied any wrongdoing. Composite: Guardian Design/Haaretz/The Marker/Radio France A team of Israeli contractors who […]
UN condemns ‘deeply distressing’ discovery of 92 naked migrants at Greece-Turkey border
bbc.com By Alex Binley BBC News The United Nations’ refugee agency has said it is “deeply distressed” by the discovery of almost 100 naked men at the border between Greece […]
Media and the lost truth
Apr 16,2022 – JORDAN TIMES / Ahmad Y. Majdoubeh Many people these days question the reliability of media. By media, we refer to most, and clearly not all, press and […]
Fake news, gossip and Islam’s solution
14th February 2022 Atif Rashid, UK What is it about fake news and sensational headlines that attract so many eyeballs? Why do gossip columns and trash TV shows get high […]
The dead professor and the vast pro-India disinformation campaign
By Abid Hussain & Shruti Menon BBC Urdu & BBC Reality Check Published 4 hours ago A dead professor and numerous defunct organisations were resurrected and used alongside at least […]
FAKE NEWS: How star reporter’s Syria podcast sent New York Times into crisis
The ObserverNew York Times Caliphate, an insider’s story of Isis, caused a sensation. But with its credibility in doubt, questions are raised about the media Manbij in northern Syria was […]
We need to look beyond social media to tackle the scourge of disinformation
Blaming social media ignores the importance of untrue or misleading information spread by political actors or traditional media Thomas Colley @ThomasColley 18 hours ago Disinformation is widely perceived as a great threat to liberal […]
Manipulated media > How Swiss scientists are trying to spot deepfakes
By Geraldine Wong Sak Hoi Mar 11, 2020 Although the best-known deepfake videos are parodies featuring politicians and celebrities, there is growing concern the technology could be deployed to interfere in political processes or manipulate public opinion. (Shutterstock) As videos faked using artificial intelligence grow increasingly sophisticated, experts in Switzerland […]
Master of false news gives right-wing Americans headlines they believe
An AFP journalist looks at websites that are part of Christopher Blair’s “America’s Last Line of Defense” network in Washington, D,C, on Feb, 13, 2020. (AFP / Eric Baradat) Short […]
‘Think more, share less’: Fake news researchers offer tips to avoid online manipulation
by Monica Nickelsburg on January 25, 2020 Researchers from UW’s Center for an Informed Public. From left: Jevin West, Emma Spiro, Kate Starbird, Chris Coward, and Ryan Calo. (GeekWire […]
Revealed: Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib targeted in far-right fake news operation
Israeli-based group uses Facebook to spread disinformation to more than a million followers around the world, singling out Muslim US congresswomen Inside the hate factory: how Facebook fuels far-right […]
A global network of pro-Indian fake websites and think-tanks is aimed at influencing decision-making in Europe, researchers say.
The co-ordinated network of 265 sites operates across 65 countries, according to a report by EU Disinfo Lab, a Brussels-based NGO, The researchers traced the websites to an Indian company, […]
Lebanon #Disinformation: the online threat to protest in the Middle East
Social media users face attacks from influencers and fake accounts at home and abroad Ruth Michaelson in Cairo and Michael Safi in Amman Sun 15 Dec 2019 When […]
How fact-checking can win the fight against misinformation
Oct 20,2019 – JORDAN TIMES By Peter Cunliffe-Jones, Laura Zommer, Noko Makgato and Will Moy JOHANNESBURG — According to fact-checkers at the Washington Post, US President Donald Trump has […]
Facebook exempts political speech from fact-checking
AFP September 25, 2019 SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook will not fact-check the statements politicians post to the site, the social network announced Tuesday ahead of the US 2020 elections, […]
Hitler, tweets and Trump: What do they have in common?
The internet and social media would have fascinated the dictator, who was a fool for technology. So is the president. But it’s the anonymity of hatred that make online trolls […]
Exclusive: After bruising election, Indonesia to vet public servants to identify Islamists
Source: Swiss Info By Kanupriya Kapoor JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia plans to tighten vetting of senior public servants amid fears that hardline Islamist ideology has permeated high levels of government, […]