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Disinformation strikes at the foundation of democratic government: "the idea that the truth is knowable and that citizens can discern and use it to govern themselves." [76] Disinformation campaigns are designed by both foreign and domestic actors to gain political and economic advantage. The undermining of functional government weakens the rule ...
Disinformation, also known as Disinfo Nation, is a television show hosted by Richard Metzger. [2] It was aired for two seasons on Channel 4 in the UK as part of their late night "4Later" programming block. [ 3 ]
Fake news websites are those which intentionally, but not necessarily solely, publish hoaxes and disinformation for purposes other than news satire.Some of these sites use homograph spoofing attacks, typosquatting and other deceptive strategies similar to those used in phishing attacks to resemble genuine news outlets.
Mercyhurst Prof. Fred Hoffman: Today's disinformation - leveraged and amplified online - puts Soviet-era disinformation to shame.
A group of leading Black organizations are warning media and voters of disinformation targeting Black Americans ahead of November’s critical election. In a letter led by Onyx Impact, a nonprofit ...
More than 150 fake news websites are connected to John Mark Dougan, an American former law enforcement officer living in Moscow, according to a NewsGuard report.
Online disinformation in the Philippines is overwhelmingly political as well, with most attacking groups or individuals critical of the Duterte administration. [399] Many Philippine-audience fake news websites also appear to be controlled by the same operators as they share common Google AdSense and Google Analytics IDs.
In fact, the researchers found that demonstrating that a source spreads falsehoods deliberately (disinformation) is more effective in discrediting opponents than claiming they spread falsehoods unintentionally (misinformation). [10] This is one example how ACT may be useful for developing strategies for discrediting sources of falsehoods. [9]