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US, EU team up on chip making and Russia disinformation

The United States and the European Union announced on Monday a joint effort to boost microchip manufacturing and tackle Russian disinformation around the war in...

Election influencers for hire: Kenya’s disinformation factories

‘Any politician who chooses to ignore social media is a fool.’ By Mary Kulundu/ Hillary Orinde In a nondescript office north of Kenya’s capital Nairobi, social...

Kenya’s factories of disinformation

In a nondescript office north of Kenya’s capital Nairobi, social media influencer Ian James Mwai constantly glances at his two mobile phones, wary of...

Fil-Am group launches anti-troll campaign

A group of Filipino-American citizens has launched an aggressive campaign to unmask internet trolls believed to be “at the forefront of widespread disinformation that...

Musk buys Twitter, vows to let users fight trolls, disinformation

San Francisco—Elon Musk's vow to let everyone say whatever they want on Twitter after his takeover of the social media giant could put the...

TikTok having a bad war, say disinformation experts

‘I haven’t seen another platform with so much false content.’ By Eric Randolph The war in Ukraine has rapidly positioned TikTok as the number one source...

Leni to digital natives: Push vs. fake news

Vice President Leni Robredo and former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV on Sunday exhorted young people, to parry lies unleashed by those who would like...

Refuse to be the fool

"In the fight against fake news, media owners’ leadership would go a long way." ‘Cause when they own the information They can bend it all...

Syria approves law tightening freedom of speech

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Monday signed into law a bill enshrining a six-month jail sentence for citizens residing in the country who spread...

Seriously, Comelec?

"Many are protesting its partnership with Rappler." Last Thursday, the Commission on Elections signed a memorandum of agreement with Rappler in what it described as...

Disinformation on Ukraine resonating in eastern Europe

"‘Ukraine attacked Russia!’ screamed some Serbian tabloids." By Ladka Mortkowitz In eastern Europe, a region once ruled by Moscow with deep resentment against Russia, unverified claims...

A reverence for facts

A pioneering fact-checking collaboration project was re-launched Monday ahead of the May 2022 elections, with several members of the academe, media and civil society...

Biz groups decry abuse of netizens via disinformation

The country’s leading business groups on Monday announced a shared observation on how the country’s netizens have been abused by multiple parties through the...

Denouncing online trolls, fighting disinformation

Filpinos have a moral duty to counter disinformation because it threatens democracy by hampering people’s ability to make enlightened decisions for their lives and...
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