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Russia’s New Disinformation Tactic: Poisoning The AI Replacing Critical Thinking Skills

A robot emoji with a text box. Hello is written in Russian, specifically, "Привет!"

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Group Defunding Disinformation Spreaders Sets Sights on Fox News

A header, "Oh these emails definitely work," with photos of popular right-wing hosts, all "Demonetized."

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In Response to COVID Misinformation, Spotify Puts Up Warnings

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How Big Tech Boosted the Anti-Vaccine Movement During the Pandemic

Screenshot of the Johns Hopkins COVID-19 tracker, link below and in image.

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Firefox Would Like to Assure You: The Fox Isn’t Going Anywhere

Firefox logos, the bottom row contains an icon without the fox, but it's not for the Firefox browser.

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Misinformation Levels on Facebook Exceed 2016’s… by a Lot

Chart showing interactions from mid 2016 at just over 0.5 billion fake news interactions per quarter going well over 1.5 billion interactions per quarter by mid-2020

Reading Time: 4 minutes. In 2016, fake...