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Kamala Harris' '2011 Hit-And-Run' Is Fake News Spread By Russia: Microsoft
A false claim circulating on social media that Kamala Harris left a 13-year-old girl paralysed after an alleged hit-and-run in San Francisco in 2011 is the work of a covert Russian disinformation operation, according to new research by Microsoft.
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Russian Propaganda Group Behind Fake Kamala Harris Hit-And-Run Story: Microsoft
A false claim circulating on social media that Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris left a 13-year-old girl paralyzed after an alleged hit-and-run is the work of a Russian disinformation operation, according to research by Microsoft.
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China Seeks To Control Pak Media To "Combat Disinformation": Report
China has developed a web of international operations to have a say over media narratives and seeks to gain significant control over the Pakistani media, an official US report has said.
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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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Government Orders to Block 8 YouTube Channels for Alleged Disinformation
The government has ordered blocking of eight YouTube channels, including one operating from Pakistan, for allegedly spreading disinformation related to India's national security, foreign relations and public order. The blocked YouTube channels had over 114 crore views.
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Government Blocks 16 More YouTube Channels for Spreading Disinformation on National Security, More
The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting blocked 16 YouTube news channels including 10 Indian and 6 Pakistan-based channels for spreading disinformation related to India's national security, foreign relations, and public order.
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India Blocks 16 YouTube Channels For Spreading Hate, Fake News
The Centre on Monday blocked 16 YouTube channels, including six operating from Pakistan, and a Facebook account for spreading disinformation related to India's national security, foreign relations and public order, according to an official statement.
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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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Facebook Shuts Down Anti-Vaccine Influencer Campaign
Facebook on Tuesday said it shut down a disinformation operation which sought to spread Covid-19 vaccine hoaxes by duping social media influencers into backing false claims.
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Facebook Says Suspected Iranian Hackers Behind US Election Threats Operated in 2019
Iranian hackers suspected of emailing threatening messages to US voters last week and spreading false information about compromised election systems ran a disinformation campaign last year targeting the Middle East, Facebook said on Tuesday.
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Facebook Says Spammers, Scanners Using US Election to Turn Profit Online
Fraudsters from Albania to Vietnam are posting about US politics and the upcoming presidential election to build fake audiences, maximise clicks and make money online, Facebook said on Wednesday.
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US Sanctions Vladimir Putin Ally Over 2018 Elections Interference
The United States on Monday slapped fresh sanctions on a businessman tied to Russian President Vladimir Putin as well as to a disinformation operation accused of conspiring to manipulate the 2018 midterm elections.
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Russia Used Every Social Media Platform To Help Elect, Back Trump: Report
A report prepared for the Senate that provides the most sweeping analysis yet of Russia's disinformation campaign around the 2016 election found the operation used every major social media platform to deliver words, images and videos tailored to voters' interests to help elect President Donald Trump - and worked even harder to support him while in ...
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Russia, Iran Created 652 Pages To Mislead Users: Facebook
Iran was behind a sprawling disinformation operation on Facebook that targeted hundreds of thousands of people around the world, the social media company said Tuesday night, underscoring Silicon Valley's increasingly global war on disinformation.
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Kamala Harris' '2011 Hit-And-Run' Is Fake News Spread By Russia: Microsoft
A false claim circulating on social media that Kamala Harris left a 13-year-old girl paralysed after an alleged hit-and-run in San Francisco in 2011 is the work of a covert Russian disinformation operation, according to new research by Microsoft.
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Russian Propaganda Group Behind Fake Kamala Harris Hit-And-Run Story: Microsoft
A false claim circulating on social media that Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris left a 13-year-old girl paralyzed after an alleged hit-and-run is the work of a Russian disinformation operation, according to research by Microsoft.
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China Seeks To Control Pak Media To "Combat Disinformation": Report
China has developed a web of international operations to have a say over media narratives and seeks to gain significant control over the Pakistani media, an official US report has said.
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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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Government Orders to Block 8 YouTube Channels for Alleged Disinformation
The government has ordered blocking of eight YouTube channels, including one operating from Pakistan, for allegedly spreading disinformation related to India's national security, foreign relations and public order. The blocked YouTube channels had over 114 crore views.
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Government Blocks 16 More YouTube Channels for Spreading Disinformation on National Security, More
The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting blocked 16 YouTube news channels including 10 Indian and 6 Pakistan-based channels for spreading disinformation related to India's national security, foreign relations, and public order.
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India Blocks 16 YouTube Channels For Spreading Hate, Fake News
The Centre on Monday blocked 16 YouTube channels, including six operating from Pakistan, and a Facebook account for spreading disinformation related to India's national security, foreign relations and public order, according to an official statement.
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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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Facebook Shuts Down Anti-Vaccine Influencer Campaign
Facebook on Tuesday said it shut down a disinformation operation which sought to spread Covid-19 vaccine hoaxes by duping social media influencers into backing false claims.
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Facebook Says Suspected Iranian Hackers Behind US Election Threats Operated in 2019
Iranian hackers suspected of emailing threatening messages to US voters last week and spreading false information about compromised election systems ran a disinformation campaign last year targeting the Middle East, Facebook said on Tuesday.
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Facebook Says Spammers, Scanners Using US Election to Turn Profit Online
Fraudsters from Albania to Vietnam are posting about US politics and the upcoming presidential election to build fake audiences, maximise clicks and make money online, Facebook said on Wednesday.
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US Sanctions Vladimir Putin Ally Over 2018 Elections Interference
The United States on Monday slapped fresh sanctions on a businessman tied to Russian President Vladimir Putin as well as to a disinformation operation accused of conspiring to manipulate the 2018 midterm elections.
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Russia Used Every Social Media Platform To Help Elect, Back Trump: Report
A report prepared for the Senate that provides the most sweeping analysis yet of Russia's disinformation campaign around the 2016 election found the operation used every major social media platform to deliver words, images and videos tailored to voters' interests to help elect President Donald Trump - and worked even harder to support him while in ...
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Russia, Iran Created 652 Pages To Mislead Users: Facebook
Iran was behind a sprawling disinformation operation on Facebook that targeted hundreds of thousands of people around the world, the social media company said Tuesday night, underscoring Silicon Valley's increasingly global war on disinformation.
