DHS Suspends New Disinformation Board After Criticism

The Department of Homeland Security announced Wednesday that it is suspending the work of an internal advisory board aimed at combating disinformation after what the department describes as an intentional disinformation campaign. The creation of the panel called the Disinformation Board of Directors has begun. a firestorm It was the subject of criticism when it …

Barack Obama Takes a New Role: Tackling Disinformation

Republicans, on the other hand, accuse companies of suppressing free speech by censoring conservative voices – above all Facebook and former president Donald J. Trump, who has been banned from Facebook. excitement After the riot on Capitol Hill on January 6 last year. With very little agreement about the problem, there is even less about …

Spotify and Joe Rogan Respond to Complaints About Covid Disinformation

Spotify’s CEO on Sunday responded to growing complaints from musicians and listeners about the streaming service’s star podcast Joe Rogan’s role in spreading what has been widely criticized as misinformation about the coronavirus. Last week, Neil Young and Joni Mitchell – two music icons whose cultural impact is far greater than their stream numbers – …

Brazil’s Far-Right Disinformation Pushers Find Safe Space

RIO DE JANEIRO — Shortly after President Donald J. Trump was banned from Twitter earlier this year, Brazil’s like-minded leader made a call to his millions of followers on the site. “Sign up on my official channel on Telegram,” said President Jair Bolsonaro. Since then, Telegram, an encrypted messaging and social media platform run by …

Oil Executives Face the Climate Disinformation Congress

House Democrats are poised to question the executives of some of the world’s largest oil and gas companies – Exxon Mobil, Chevron, BP and Shell – over allegations that the industry is spreading disinformation about the role fossil fuels play in global warming and derailing action on climate change. . The hearings will be the …

Oil Executives to Confront Climate Disinformation Congress

Executives of some of the world’s largest oil and gas companies – Exxon Mobil, Chevron, BP and Shell – will appear before a congressional committee on Thursday to address accusations that the industry has spent millions of dollars to run a decades-long campaign of disinformation. Doubt the science of climate change and derail action to …

Home Panel Expands Climate Disinformation Research by Oil Giants

The House Oversight Committee called on senior executives and lobbyists at Exxon Mobil, Chevron, BP and Royal Dutch Shell to broaden its investigation into the oil and gas industry’s role in the spread of disinformation about the role of fossil fuels in causing global warming. The American Petroleum Institute and the United States Chamber of …

Disinformation for Rent, a Shadow Industry, Is Quietly Rising

In May, several French and German social media influencers received an odd offer. A London-based public relations agency wanted to pay them to promote messages on behalf of a client. A three-page document detailing what to say and on what platforms. However, she asked influencers to push them, not typically beauty products or vacation packages. …