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Online Safety Bill amendment will ‘help Russian disinformation’, experts warn

An amendment to the Online Safety Bill aimed at protecting press freedom would enable malicious people to spread disinformation on social media by posing as news publishers, campaigners have warned. A collection of civil society groups and academics ...

11 Jul 2022 at 17:29

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Column: Having so much information makes it hard to differentiate fact from fiction

It has been a particularly dark few years for everyone, and it has made people angry. Currently, trans people and other LGBTQ+ folks are the victims of that anger. Before that, it was vaccines and medics; before that, refugees and even before that, ...

18 Aug 2022 at 22:33

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Column: Having so much information makes it hard to differentiate fact from fiction

18 Aug 2022 at 22:33

Experts warn Covid conspiracy groups may pivot to climate misinformation in 2022

Covid-19 conspiracy groups may pivot to pushing climate misinformation in 2022, experts have warned. Ciaran O’Connor, an analyst at the Institute for Strategic Dialogue (ISD), told the PA news agency that coronavirus misinformation on topics such ...

02 Jan 2022 at 09:25

TikTok to launch online election centres to counter misinformation

TikTok has unveiled plans to launch online election centres on the platform as part of its efforts to support electoral integrity during 2024. The video-sharing site said more than two billion people in more than 50 countries were expected to go ...

28 Mar 2024 at 00:01

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Musk’s X is biggest source of fake news, EU official says

A top European Union official has said the social network X, formerly known as Twitter, is the biggest source of fake news and urged owner Elon Musk to comply with the bloc’s laws aimed at combating disinformation. Ahead of upcoming elections, ...

26 Sept 2023 at 14:57

AI is amplifying online disinformation, says Ukrainian media specialist

AI has joined the war on disinformation, says Ukrainian media specialist

A Ukrainian media specialist has said disinformation about the war in her country is being presented on social media like a “fire hose of falsehood” and detailed how AI technology is being used to create a narrative of “distrust”. Valeria ...

22 Feb 2024 at 12:21

Retreat of BBC World Service aids propaganda from Russia and China – Tim Davie

BBC director-general Tim Davie will warn that the retreat of its World Service due to funding cuts has helped Russia and China broadcast “unchallenged propaganda”. On Monday afternoon, in a speech at the Future Resilience Forum, a ...

13 Oct 2024 at 18:38

UK sanctions Russian disinformation agency

A Russian state-backed disinformation agency and three of its senior figures have been sanctioned by the UK over their attempts to destabilise Ukraine, the Government has said. Foreign Secretary David Lammy said sanctions had ...

28 Oct 2024 at 15:25

AI voice cloning tools imitating political leaders threaten elections – report

AI-powered voice cloning tools can be used to create disinformation using the voices of prominent political figures, an online safety group has warned. The Centre for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) said researchers used six ...

31 May 2024 at 09:00

Online Safety Bill amendment targets state-backed disinformation

Social media platforms will have to proactively look for and remove disinformation from foreign state actors which aims to harm the UK, under a proposed amendment to forthcoming online safety laws. The Government is to ...

04 Jul 2022 at 23:30

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Romania’s top court annuls presidential vote won by far-right candidate

A top Romanian court has annulled the first round of the country’s presidential election, which was won by the far-right outsider Calin Georgescu. The move comes days after declassified intelligence alleged Russia ran ...

06 Dec 2024 at 18:48

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