US builds website that will allow Europeans to view blocked content Freedom.gov appears to be administered by a branch of the Department of Homeland Security The Guardian - UK · Feb 19
Latest ChatGPT model uses Elon Musk’s Grokipedia as source, tests reveal Guardian found OpenAI’s platform cited Grokipedia on topics including Iran and Holocaust deniers The Guardian - UK · Jan 24
France wary of MAGA influence ahead of 2027 elections US President Donald Trump's MAGA movement is cosying up to France's far right as part of an ideological offensive abroad since his return to office, with French authorities worried about its influence ahead of key elections. Radio France Internationale · Nov 27, 2025
Hundreds of English-language websites link to pro-Kremlin propaganda Thinktank says internet flooded with disinformation by Russia-aligned Pravda network, which many websites treat as credible The Guardian - UK · Nov 21, 2025
Nina Jankowicz, Former "Disinformation Governance Board" Director, Loses Libel Suit Against Fox From Friday's decision in Jankowicz v. Fox News Network, LLC, decided by Third Circuit Judge L. Felipe Restrepo, joined by… The post Nina Jankowicz, Former "Disinformation Governance Board" Director, Loses Libel Suit Against Fox appeared first on Reason.com. Reason · Sep 15, 2025
Why this Indian newsroom AI story scandal should terrify readers I think I have seen the end stage of ad-based content monetisation in India, and it is every bit as ridiculous and troubling as you might expect. Strangely enough, even though I worked for three years in a major Indian newsroom, it is because I am now in New York… Newslaundry · Aug 8, 2025
Nina Jankowicz's Defense of Government Censors Is Based on Misinformation "Everything looks like a conspiracy when you don't know how anything works," said Jankowicz. Reason · Apr 2, 2025
The ‘ghost reporters’ writing pro-Russian propaganda in West Africa Al Jazeera finds that nonexistent writers are spreading anti-France sentiment across West and Central Africa. Al Jazeera · Mar 20, 2025
Former Trump supporter's January 6 defamation lawsuit against Fox News tossed by federal judge United States District Judge Jennifer L. Hall granted the right-wing network’s motion to dismiss Ray Epps’s case The Independent UK · Nov 27, 2024
Deceptive 'Bait-and-switch' Facebook Groups Snare US Voters: Study Dozens of Facebook groups bill themselves as Kamala Harris fan pages but mount racist attacks, criticize her record on immigration and promote her rival Donald Trump, in what disinformation researchers call a "bait-and-switch" tactic aimed at deceiving voters in a tight US election race. International Business Times · Nov 1, 2024
'Sleeper Agent' Bots On X Fuel US Election Misinformation, Study Says Hundreds of apparent pro-Russian bot accounts on X are pushing US election misinformation and amplifying false narratives about Democratic contender Kamala Harris, a research group said Thursday, calling them "sleeper agents" for having evaded detection for years. International Business Times · Oct 9, 2024
Online misogyny and the US election: How to counter the war of disinformation How the US presidential election has been blighted by a campaign of online disinformation including misogynist and racist content. Annette Young talks to American disinformation specialist, Nina Jankowicz about how governments need to step up to prevent the erosion of democracy by toxic misinformation. Plus a group of indigenous women… France 24 · Sep 20, 2024
Judge Tosses Former 'Disinformation' Chief's Defamation Suit, Says She Really Was a Censor Nina Jankowicz finds out the truth may hurt, but it isn’t lawsuit bait. Reason · Jul 29, 2024
The Conversation · Jul 24, 2024 Race, gender and politics: Is the United States ready for a Black woman president? Shirley Chisholm, a Democratic congresswoman, was the first African American woman to run for president of the United States. Sixty years later, Kamala Harris will become the first Black and South Asian American woman to be nominated for president by a major party. Is the United States poised to elect…
Top News · Jul 23, 2024 Federal Judge Dismisses Defamation Suit Against Fox News Federal judge dismisses defamation suit against Fox News by former government official over disinformation board role.
International Business Times · Jul 22, 2024 'Sexist' Falsehoods Target Kamala Harris After Biden Drops Out Doctored images, sexual slurs, racial innuendos -- false narratives around Kamala Harris surged online as she emerged as the Democratic frontrunner in the US presidential race, with researchers warning of an incoming flood of gendered disinformation.
The Independent UK · Jul 22, 2024 Defamation suit against Fox News by head of dismantled disinformation board tossed by federal judge A defamation suit against Fox News by a government official who served on a short-lived U.S. government media disinformation board is being dismissed by a federal judge
Reason · Apr 25, 2024 Nina Jankowicz, Disinformation Czar, Is Back in Action The American Sunlight Project contends that researchers are being silenced by their critics.
Reason · Apr 25, 2024 Enough? Plus: Law enforcement cracks down on protesters, CDC goes after Botox, FTC eliminates noncompetes, and more...
France 24 · Apr 18, 2024 'A global problem': US teen fights deepfake porn targeting schoolgirls Deepfake pornography of famous women like Taylor Swift has sparked outrage and calls for the regulation of artificial intelligence. Yet this powerful technology is not only being used to bully women in the public eye – minors are also being victimised. Schoolgirls are finding themselves targeted by AI-generated deepfake porn…
WEKU · Feb 1, 2024 Here's why conspiracy theories about Taylor Swift and the Super Bowl are spreading Swift's popularity is being twisted into a threat by a contingent of far-right, Donald Trump-supporting conservatives. "Is Swift a front for a covert political agenda?" asked a Fox News host.
The Guardian - US · Nov 18, 2023 Groups increasingly use defamation law to ward off US election subversion Rudy Giuliani and MyPillow’s Mike Lindell are among election deniers sued for defamatory statements regarding 2020 election
The Independent UK · Nov 16, 2023 Lachlan Murdoch faces barrage of legal claims as he takes over at Fox News from Rupert Murdoch The 51-year-old, the eldest son of newly-retired Murdoch, faces a raft of problems at he takes over as boss of media conglomerate
WEKU · Nov 10, 2023 Why the fight to counter false election claims may be harder in 2024 Experts say a right-wing campaign has cast efforts to combat rumors and conspiracy theories as censorship. As a result, they say, the tools to tamp down on election falsehoods have been scaled back.