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Countering Foreign Propaganda and Disinformation Act. The Countering Foreign Propaganda and Disinformation Act (CFPDA), initially called the Countering Information Warfare Act, is a bipartisan law of the United States Congress that establishes an interagency center within the U.S. Department of State to coordinate and synchronize counterpropaganda efforts throughout the U.S. government. [1]
The Disinformation Governance Board (DGB) was an advisory board of the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS), from April 27, 2022 to August 24, 2022. The board's stated function was to protect national security by disseminating guidance to DHS agencies on combating misinformation, malinformation, and disinformation that threatens the security of the homeland.
The State Department’s foreign disinformation center, accused by conservatives of censoring U.S. citizens, shut its doors due to lack of funding this week. Elon Musk had deemed the Global ...
Misinformation refers to false or inaccurate information shared unintentionally—simply getting the facts wrong. Disinformation , on the other hand, involves deliberately spreading false ...
The massive 'misinformation' effort by the Biden-Harris White House was worse than most people realize. It reached throughout the administration and cost at least $267 million. Biden spent ...
Australia withdraws a misinformation bill after critics compare it to censorship CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia's government has withdrawn a bill that would give a media watchdog power to monitor digital platforms and require them to keep records about misinformation and disinformation on their networks.
The Shorenstein Center at Harvard University defines disinformation research as an academic field that studies "the spread and impacts of misinformation, disinformation, and media manipulation," including "how it spreads through online and offline channels, and why people are susceptible to believing bad information, and successful strategies for mitigating its impact" [23] According to a 2023 ...
Universities, nonprofits and private companies raked in $126 million in 2021 alone, the taxpayer-transparency group OpenTheBooks revealed in an audit, to research so-called "misinformation," even ...