Shannon Bond
Stories
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Why the fight to counter false election claims may be harder in 2024
Experts say a right-wing campaign has cast efforts to combat rumors and conspiracy theories as censorship. As a result, they say, the tools to tamp down on election falsehoods have been scaled back.
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World
Fake accounts, old videos, and rumors fuel chaos around Gaza hospital explosion
Misleading and false information is muddying efforts to uncover who is responsible for the deadly blast that killed hundreds of people
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Appeals court slaps Biden administration for contact with social media companies
The panel of judges say that the administration's efforts to flag what it considered to be harmful content likely amount to a violation of the First Amendment.
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Meta says Chinese, Russian influence operations are among the biggest it's taken down
Facebook's parent company says both operations used fake accounts across social media sites to promote Chinese and Russian interests
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What happens when thousands of hackers try to break AI chatbots
In a Jeopardy-style game at the annual Def Con hacking convention in Las Vegas, hackers tried to get chatbots from OpenAI, Google and Meta to create misinformation and share harmful content.
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Elon Musk sues disinformation researchers, claiming they are driving away advertisers
X, the company formerly known as Twitter, is suing the Center for Countering Digital Hate, which has documented the spread of hate speech and viral falsehoods on social media.
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New study shows just how Facebook's algorithm shapes conservative and liberal bubbles
Research conducted at the height of the 2020 election reveals new details about how Facebook's algorithms handle political content. But it suggests there are no easy fixes to political polarization.
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RFK Jr. is building a presidential campaign around conspiracy theories
The latest member of the Kennedy dynasty to run for president regularly shares a dizzying range of falsehoods and conspiracy theories on podcasts and at other campaign appearances.
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National
U.S. is barred from combating disinformation on social media. Here's what it means
Under a judge's new ruling, much of the federal government is now barred from working with social media companies to address removing any content that might contain "protected free speech."
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DeSantis campaign shares apparent AI-generated fake images of Trump and Fauci
It's the latest example of how generative AI tools enable politicians to blur the line between fact and fiction.