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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

'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

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…

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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

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…

The Conversation

Federal Judge Dismisses Defamation Suit Against Fox News

Federal judge dismisses defamation suit against Fox News by former government official over disinformation board role.

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'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.

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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

The Independent UK

Nina Jankowicz, Disinformation Czar, Is Back in Action

The American Sunlight Project contends that researchers are being silenced by their critics.

Reason

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Reason

'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…

France 24

Here's why conspiracy theories about Taylor Swift and the Super Bowl are spreading

WEKU

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 Guardian - US

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

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WEKU

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.

WEKU

Ex-Biden official's lawsuit against Fox echoes case that led to big settlement

Fox devoted 300 segments over an 8-month period to a disinformation researcher named Nina Jankowicz who joined the Biden administration. She says the coverage distorted her work and led her to resign.

The Guardian - US

‘A deranged ploy’: how Republicans are fueling the disinformation wars

Several actions by the far right in the last month could result in a flood of conspiracy theories before the 2024 election

The Guardian - US

Limits on Biden officials working with social media firms a ‘weaponisation of the court’ – expert

Injunction amounts to unusual intervention by the courts in communications between the government and tech companies

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Fox News’s ‘vitriolic lies’ threaten democracy, says disinformation expert suing channel

Exclusive: Nina Jankowicz, who is suing over campaign of falsehoods, says ‘if Fox isn’t brought to account, it will not stop’

The Guardian - US

Fox News sued for defamation by ex-government disinformation chief

Nina Jankowicz, head of short-lived DHS board, alleges Fox News hosts spread lies about her work and compromised her safety

The Independent UK

Fox News hit with new defamation lawsuit after massive settlement

Nina Jankowicz was former executive director of government division dealing with disinformation threats to national security

The Guardian - US

Trump and Tucker Carlson were codependent. Their Venn diagram was one angry white circle

The Trump presidency was fuelled by the Fox hosts’ fact-free claims. Their gospel of hate will endure

AFP

After settlement, new challenge for Fox News: A disinformation expert

Washington (AFP) - Among the challenges still facing Fox News after its jaw-dropping settlement of a defamation case is a lawsuit planned by a high-profile disinformation expert, who is crowdfunding her way to court after a firestorm of harassment and abuse.

Salon

Jordan targets misinformation research

Jordan alleges colleges aided Biden's “censorship regime by advising on so-called misinformation"

Tribune News Service

Jim Jordan issues subpoenas to investigate ‘weaponization’ of federal agencies

WASHINGTON — House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan has subpoenaed the former head of a defunct Biden administration advisory board on disinformation, which was disbanded just months after being formed amid public backlash.

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