disinformation

Brazil’s fact-checkers concerned with their impact ahead of Oct. 30 runoff

Disinformation in Brazil is "coming from the top," spreading fast and outpacing efforts to correct it.

October 13, 2022

Greeks don’t trust their media. Fact-checkers are trying to help

The challenges facing media outlets across the globe are varied and widespread, but they appear to be particularly severe in Greece.

October 10, 2022

Tunisia’s ‘disinfo’ decree threatens to lock up rule violators

It’s another in a series of anti-democratic steps taken by Tunisian President Kais Saied

September 23, 2022

Opinion | How Twitter’s edit button could fuel the misinformation machine

Typos? Gone! But what would keep bad actors from changing a tweet you liked an hour ago to something you’d be ashamed of now?

September 16, 2022

Obama was warning about disinformation, not endorsing it

Former President Barack Obama wasn’t praising disinformation in a TikTok video.

August 19, 2022

How ‘War on Fakes’ uses fact-checking to spread pro-Russia propaganda

A website and Telegram channel operated from Russia falsely claims to be a fact-checking “an information war launched against Russia.”

August 12, 2022

5 takeaways from Thursday’s GlobalFact sessions

The Jan. 6 hearings are one big fact check, the difference between knowledge and information, and more of the conference's most compelling moments.

June 23, 2022

What we know about the DHS’ Disinformation Governance Board

The board, which has ‘no operational authority or capability,’ will share best practices for countering disinformation purveyed by enemies of the US.

May 5, 2022

Biden’s speech elevated the dangers of disinformation with references to ‘truth’ ‘facts’ and ‘lies’

President Joe Biden used the words “truth,” “facts” and “lies” nine times in his inaugural…

January 20, 2021

Harrison Mantas

Growing usage of encrypted messaging apps could make it harder to combat misinformation

The exodus of users from Twitter and Facebook to apps like Signal and Telegram could make falsehoods harder to trace.

January 14, 2021

Harrison Mantas

Researchers say Facebook should allow fact-checkers to fact-check politicians

They argue the exemption gives politicians carte blanche to spread harmful disinformation on the platform.

January 12, 2021

Harrison Mantas

Disinformation or defamation? Attacks against Trump and Biden resemble those seen in other countries

The battle against electoral disinformation has also turned into a fight against attempts to slander Trump and Biden

October 22, 2020

Cristina Tardáguila

How techno-populists put the ‘Hate Machine’ to work in spreading disinformation

A Brazilian journalist shares her findings of common weaponry across the hemispheres

September 3, 2020

Cristina Tardáguila