Politics / Disinformation

Waffle House Teleporter Gregg Phillips Is Still on the Trump Administration’s Payroll

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In June, a FEMA official infamous for claiming to have teleported to a Waffle House was reportedly ousted. He’s still employed by the government, though—and meeting with a Trump fixer.

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The Group Behind ‘2000 Mules’ Is Back With Another Election Conspiracy Film

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True the Vote is working with a Detroit pastor to produce a new documentary called Trap, based on claims that have already been thrown out in court.

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China Didn’t Make People Hate Data Centers

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GOP lawmakers, tech investors, and even OpenAI have tied the anti-data center movement in the US to Chinese interference. Experts say it’s much more complicated than that.

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How the Internet Broke Everyone’s Bullshit Detectors

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From AI-generated images to restricted satellite data, the systems used to verify what’s real online are struggling to keep up.

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Fake AI Content About the Iran War Is All Over X

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X’s Grok is failing to accurately verify video footage from the Iran conflict, and is sharing its own AI-generated images about the war.

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Here’s Why Trump Posted About Iran ‘Stealing’ the 2020 Election Hours After the US Attacked

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Donald Trump’s post on Truth Social about Iran echoed a conspiracy theory that has been circulating online for years.

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X Is Drowning in Disinformation Following US and Israel’s Attack on Iran

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WIRED has reviewed hundreds of posts on X that promote misleading claims about the locations and scale of the attack.

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The Information Networks That Connect Venezuelans in Uncertain Times

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The people of Venezuela have spent years learning resilience in the face of censorship, disinformation, and repression. They now rely on those tools more than ever.

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The Instant Smear Campaign Against Border Patrol Shooting Victim Alex Pretti

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Within minutes of the shooting, the Trump administration and right-wing influencers began disparaged the man shot by a federal immigration officer on Saturday in Minneapolis.

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AI-Powered Disinformation Swarms Are Coming for Democracy

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Advances in artificial intelligence are creating a perfect storm for those seeking to spread disinformation at unprecedented speed and scale. And it’s virtually impossible to detect.

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