Intelligence officials say US adversaries are targeting congressional races with disinformation
WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s not just the presidential election: Foreign governments are targeting House a...
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For US adversaries, Election Day won’t mean the end to efforts to influence Americans
WASHINGTON (AP) — Soon, the ballots will be cast, the polls will close and a campaign marked by assa...
After the deluge, the lies: Misinformation and hoaxes about Helene cloud the recovery
WASHINGTON (AP) — The facts emerging from Hurricane Helene’s destruction are heartrending: Businesse...
Trump’s tale of a harrowing helicopter ride and emergency landing? Didn’t happen, Willie Brown says
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump mixed up two prominent politicians from California w...
FACT FOCUS: Heritage Foundation leader wrong to say most political violence is committed by the left
WASHINGTON (AP) — The leader of a conservative think tank on Thursday misrepresented partisan differ...
‘One screen, two movies': Conflicting conspiracy theories emerge from Trump shooting
WASHINGTON (AP) — A former president is shot, the gunman quickly neutralized, and all of it is caugh...
Minutes after Trump shooting, misinformation started flying. Here are the facts
WASHINGTON (AP) — Within minutes of the gunfire, the attempted assassination of former President Don...
Political ads on social media rife with misinformation and scams, new research finds
WASHINGTON (AP) — The online advertisement to Donald Trump supporters was clear enough: Click here, ...
Faking an honest woman: Why Russia, China and Big Tech all use faux females to get clicks
WASHINGTON (AP) — When disinformation researcher Wen-Ping Liu looked into China’s efforts to influen...
Intelligence chairman says US may be less prepared for election threats than it was four years ago
WASHINGTON (AP) — With only five months before voters head to the polls, the U.S. may be more vulner...
Now armed with AI, America’s adversaries will try to influence election, security officials warn
WASHINGTON (AP) — America’s foreign adversaries will again seek to influence the upcoming U.S. elect...
‘Words matter:' Titles, Trump and what to call a former president
WASHINGTON (AP) — He’s a criminal defendant, a businessman and a politician. But to his most loyal s...
New bipartisan bill would require online identification, labeling of AI-generated videos and audio
WASHINGTON (AP) — Bipartisan legislation introduced in the House Thursday would require the identifi...
Russian disinformation is about immigration. The real aim is to undercut Ukraine aid
WASHINGTON (AP) — For Vladimir Putin, victory in Ukraine may run through Texas’ Rio Grande Valley. I...
Musk’s X asks judge to penalize nonprofit researchers tracking rise of hate speech on platform
Attorneys for X Corp. and a research organization that studies online hate speech traded arguments i...
Miracle cures: Online conspiracy theories are creating a new age of unproven medical treatments
BUTLER, Pa. (AP) — The hotel on the outskirts of town looks a lot like lodging one can find on any A...
Grave peril of digital conspiracy theories: ‘What happens when no one believes anything anymore?’
WASHINGTON (AP) — Days after Maui’s wildfires killed scores of people and destroyed thousands of hom...
Takeaways from the AP’s look at the role of conspiracy theories in American politics and society
WASHINGTON (AP) — Conspiracy theories have a long history. Humans have always speculated about secre...
Conspiracy Theories: Why we want to believe when the facts often aren’t there
WASHINGTON (AP) — From fears about vaccines containing microchips to election rigging, conspiracy th...
Secret history: Even before the revolution, America was a nation of conspiracy theorists
WASHINGTON (AP) — A brutal conflict in Europe was fresh in people’s minds and the race for the White...
Days of Darkness: How one woman escaped the conspiracy theory trap that has ensnared millions
WASHINGTON (AP) — At first his stories seemed harmless. Tales about secret organizations plotting to...
How Taiwan beat back disinformation and preserved the integrity of its election
WASHINGTON (AP) — The rumors about vote fraud started swirling as the ballots in Taiwan’s closely wa...
Thousands of fake Facebook accounts shut down by Meta were primed to polarize voters ahead of 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) — Someone in China created thousands of fake social media accounts designed to appea...
Fake babies, real horror: Deepfakes from the Gaza war increase fears about AI’s power to mislead
WASHINGTON (AP) — Among images of the bombed out homes and ravaged streets of Gaza, some stood out f...
To help 2024 voters, Meta says it will begin labeling political ads that use AI-generated imagery
WASHINGTON (AP) — Facebook and Instagram will require political ads running on their platforms to di...
Pence, Trump attorney clash over what Trump told his VP ahead of Jan. 6, 2021
WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump’s defense attorney says the former president never asked Mike Pence t...
X marks the lawsuit: Elon Musk’s social media company sues nonprofit highlighting site’s hate speech
WASHINGTON (AP) — X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, has sued a group of resear...
Musk threatens to sue researchers who documented the rise in hateful tweets
WASHINGTON (AP) — X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, has threatened to sue a gr...