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China's Hackers And Celebrities Fuel Taiwan Pressure Campaign: Report
In addition to military pressure, China is reportedly using hackers and celebrities to undermine Taiwan's commitment to self-rule.
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US To Accuse Russia Of Effort To Influence 2024 Election: Report
The United States plans to accuse Russia on Wednesday of a campaign to influence the 2024 elections using online platforms to target American voters with disinformation, CNN reported, citing six sources familiar with the matter.
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Mamata Banerjee Denies 'Threat To Doctors' Charge, Clarifies Snake Remark
A day after the BJP accused her of threatening doctors protesting against a medico's rape and murder of a Kolkata hospital, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee slammed a "malicious disinformation campaign" unleased against her.
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Manipur's Thadou Tribe Warns Of Disinformation Campaign To Derail Peace Talks
Days after the Thadou Tribe Council (TTC) denied any knowledge of Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh's outreach for peace talks in the violence-hit state, a global body of the Thadou tribe has alleged the TTC is run by "Kuki supremacists".
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No Significant AI Use In European Parliamentary Polls: Microsoft Chief
Microsoft has not seen significant use of artificial intelligence in the European Parliamentary elections for creating disinformation campaigns, the company's president told Reuters in an interview.
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NewsClick Founder Infused Funds From China To Stoke Delhi Riots: Police
The Delhi Police has told a court here that NewsClick founder and editor-in-chief Prabir Purkayastha infused funds from China into India to stoke and sustain the 2020 Delhi riots and carry out a disinformation campaign on Covid-19.
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"With Advent Of Troll Armies...": Chief Justice On Free Speech On Internet
Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud on Friday raised concerns over overwhelming barrage of speech that distorts the truth with the advent of troll armies and organised disinformation campaigns across social media platforms.
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AI Threatens To "Supercharge" Disinformation Campaigns In 2024 US Elections
From fabricated images of Donald Trump's arrest to a video depicting a dystopian future under Joe Biden, the 2024 White House race faces a firehose of tech-enabled disinformation in what is widely billed as America's first AI election.
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Canada Says China-Linked Propaganda Campaign Targeted Lawmakers, PM Trudeau
The Canadian government said on Monday it detected a China-linked "Spamouflage" campaign that involved bots posting disinformation and propaganda on the social media accounts of members of parliament, including Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
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"DMK Uttering Lies About Civil Code, GST, Inflation": Tamil Nadu BJP Chief
Tamil Nadu BJP chief K Annamalai on Saturday accused the ruling DMK of undertaking a disinformation campaign against the Centre issues including the Uniform Civil Code (UCC), and said the truth will be exposed in the forthcoming Parliament session.
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China Accuses US, Its Allies Of "Disinformation" Over Cyber Attack Claims
China accused the United States and its allies of waging a "disinformation campaign" Thursday, after Washington, its Western partners and Microsoft said state-sponsored Chinese hackers had infiltrated critical US infrastructure networks.
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Britain Uses Government Hackers to Launch Cyber Operations Against Enemies Online, GCHQ Says
Britian uses government hackers to launch operations against militants, state-backed disinformation campaigns and attempts to interfere in elections, the country's spy agency Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) revealed on Tuesday. These cyberattacks were conducted by the secretive National Cyber Force (NCF), a hacking unit operational si...
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US Reviews Psychological Warfare Operations After Reports of Fake Accounts Promoting Pro-West Disinformation
The US Department of Defense is reviewing its psychological warfare operations following reports of Twitter and Facebook removing nearly 150 US and Britain-origin accounts in July and August engaging in "inauthentic behavior." The accounts came from a series of campaigns over five years rather than one single effort, according to a report by Graphi...
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DALL-E AI Text to Image Tool Enters Beta Testing, OpenAI to Invite 1 Million Users on Waitlist
DALL-E, the popular AI-based tool to generate images from text, has entered beta testing, according to developer OpenAI. The firm will invite a million users on its waitlist to test the text-to-image tool over the coming weeks. While concerns have been raised about the use of the software to create disinformation, the company says it has built-in s...
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Facebook Removes Russian Network That Targeted Influencers to Peddle Anti-COVID-19 Vaccination Messages
Facebook said it had removed a network of accounts from Russia that it linked to a marketing firm that aimed to enlist influencers to push anti-vaccine content about the COVID-19 jabs.
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China's Hackers And Celebrities Fuel Taiwan Pressure Campaign: Report
In addition to military pressure, China is reportedly using hackers and celebrities to undermine Taiwan's commitment to self-rule.
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US To Accuse Russia Of Effort To Influence 2024 Election: Report
The United States plans to accuse Russia on Wednesday of a campaign to influence the 2024 elections using online platforms to target American voters with disinformation, CNN reported, citing six sources familiar with the matter.
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Mamata Banerjee Denies 'Threat To Doctors' Charge, Clarifies Snake Remark
A day after the BJP accused her of threatening doctors protesting against a medico's rape and murder of a Kolkata hospital, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee slammed a "malicious disinformation campaign" unleased against her.
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Manipur's Thadou Tribe Warns Of Disinformation Campaign To Derail Peace Talks
Days after the Thadou Tribe Council (TTC) denied any knowledge of Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh's outreach for peace talks in the violence-hit state, a global body of the Thadou tribe has alleged the TTC is run by "Kuki supremacists".
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No Significant AI Use In European Parliamentary Polls: Microsoft Chief
Microsoft has not seen significant use of artificial intelligence in the European Parliamentary elections for creating disinformation campaigns, the company's president told Reuters in an interview.
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NewsClick Founder Infused Funds From China To Stoke Delhi Riots: Police
The Delhi Police has told a court here that NewsClick founder and editor-in-chief Prabir Purkayastha infused funds from China into India to stoke and sustain the 2020 Delhi riots and carry out a disinformation campaign on Covid-19.
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"With Advent Of Troll Armies...": Chief Justice On Free Speech On Internet
Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud on Friday raised concerns over overwhelming barrage of speech that distorts the truth with the advent of troll armies and organised disinformation campaigns across social media platforms.
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AI Threatens To "Supercharge" Disinformation Campaigns In 2024 US Elections
From fabricated images of Donald Trump's arrest to a video depicting a dystopian future under Joe Biden, the 2024 White House race faces a firehose of tech-enabled disinformation in what is widely billed as America's first AI election.
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Canada Says China-Linked Propaganda Campaign Targeted Lawmakers, PM Trudeau
The Canadian government said on Monday it detected a China-linked "Spamouflage" campaign that involved bots posting disinformation and propaganda on the social media accounts of members of parliament, including Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
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"DMK Uttering Lies About Civil Code, GST, Inflation": Tamil Nadu BJP Chief
Tamil Nadu BJP chief K Annamalai on Saturday accused the ruling DMK of undertaking a disinformation campaign against the Centre issues including the Uniform Civil Code (UCC), and said the truth will be exposed in the forthcoming Parliament session.
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China Accuses US, Its Allies Of "Disinformation" Over Cyber Attack Claims
China accused the United States and its allies of waging a "disinformation campaign" Thursday, after Washington, its Western partners and Microsoft said state-sponsored Chinese hackers had infiltrated critical US infrastructure networks.
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Britain Uses Government Hackers to Launch Cyber Operations Against Enemies Online, GCHQ Says
Britian uses government hackers to launch operations against militants, state-backed disinformation campaigns and attempts to interfere in elections, the country's spy agency Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) revealed on Tuesday. These cyberattacks were conducted by the secretive National Cyber Force (NCF), a hacking unit operational si...
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US Reviews Psychological Warfare Operations After Reports of Fake Accounts Promoting Pro-West Disinformation
The US Department of Defense is reviewing its psychological warfare operations following reports of Twitter and Facebook removing nearly 150 US and Britain-origin accounts in July and August engaging in "inauthentic behavior." The accounts came from a series of campaigns over five years rather than one single effort, according to a report by Graphi...
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DALL-E AI Text to Image Tool Enters Beta Testing, OpenAI to Invite 1 Million Users on Waitlist
DALL-E, the popular AI-based tool to generate images from text, has entered beta testing, according to developer OpenAI. The firm will invite a million users on its waitlist to test the text-to-image tool over the coming weeks. While concerns have been raised about the use of the software to create disinformation, the company says it has built-in s...
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Facebook Removes Russian Network That Targeted Influencers to Peddle Anti-COVID-19 Vaccination Messages
Facebook said it had removed a network of accounts from Russia that it linked to a marketing firm that aimed to enlist influencers to push anti-vaccine content about the COVID-19 jabs.
