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Inside the D.O.J.’s Investigation of Fauci and Other Virus Scientists

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/05/health/fauci-morens-covid-prosecutions.html

Inside the D.O.J.’s Investigation of Fauci and Other Virus Scientists

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/05/health/fauci-morens-covid-prosecutions.html

Inside the D.O.J.’s Investigation of Fauci and Other Virus Scientists

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/05/health/fauci-morens-covid-prosecutions.html

Inside the D.O.J.’s Investigation of Fauci and Other Virus Scientists

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/05/health/fauci-morens-covid-prosecutions.html

Inside the D.O.J.’s Investigation of Fauci and Other Virus Scientists

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/05/health/fauci-morens-covid-prosecutions.html

Chaos in Minneapolis Exposes an Internet at War With Truth

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/technology/minneapolis-ai-disinformation-misinformation-truth.html

Judge Blocks Detention of British Researcher Who Scrutinizes Online Hate

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/25/us/politics/imran-ahmed-judge-order.html

A.I. Is Making Death Threats Way More Realistic

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/business/media/artificial-intelligence-death-threats.html

A.I. Is Making Death Threats Way More Realistic - Online harassers are generating images and sounds that simulate their victims in violent ... - https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/business/media/artificial-intelligence-death-threats.html #videorecordingsdownloadsandstreaming #violence(mediaandentertainment) #demonstrationsprotestsandriots #threatsandthreateningmessages #rumorsandmisinformation #artificialintelligence #x(formerlytwitter) #cyberharassment #socialmedia #youtube.com

OpenAI’s Sora Makes Disinformation Extremely Easy and Extremely Real - The new A.I. app generated videos of store robberies and home intrusions — even bomb expl... - https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/technology/sora-openai-video-disinformation.html #videorecordingsdownloadsandstreaming #unitedstatespoliticsandgovernment #ethicsandofficialmisconduct #rumorsandmisinformation #artificialintelligence #mobileapplications #fraudsandswindling #openailabs

The Doctors Are Real, but the Sales Pitches Are Frauds - Scammers are using A.I. tools to make it look as if medical professionals are promoting d... - https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/05/technology/ai-doctor-scams.html #ethicsandofficialmisconduct #computersandtheinternet #rumorsandmisinformation #impostors(criminal) #fraudsandswindling #dietandnutrition #metaplatformsinc #socialmedia #e-commerce

A.I. Is Starting to Wear Down Democracy - Content generated by artificial intelligence has become a factor in elections around the ... - https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/26/technology/ai-elections-democracy.html #internationalpanelontheinformationenvironment #right-wingextremismandalt-right #democracy(theoryandphilosophy) #ethicsandofficialmisconduct #computersandtheinternet #rumorsandmisinformation #artificialintelligence #internationalrelations #politicsandgovernment #x(formerlytwitter)

Trump Leads a ‘Machinery’ of Misinformation in Second Term - President Trump’s first four years in the White House were filled with falsehoods. Now he... - https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/24/business/trump-misinformation-false-claims.html #unitedstatespoliticsandgovernment #ethicsandofficialmisconduct #presidentialelectionof2024 #conservatism(uspolitics) #rumorsandmisinformation #rollinsbrooke(1972-) #kennedyrobertfjr #leavittkaroline #trumpdonaldj #foreignaid #muskelon #condoms

5 Reasons Early Voting Is Overwhelmed With Election Misinformation - Misleading anecdotes and rumors are spreading faster, and with more ferocity, than in the... - https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/04/technology/early-voting-election-misinformation.html #ethicsandofficialmisconduct #presidentialelectionof2024 #presidentialelectionof2020 #voterfraud(electionfraud) #rumorsandmisinformation #conspiracytheories #votingmachines #absenteevoting #socialmedia

How Meta Distanced Itself From Politics - Ahead of November’s election, Meta has de-emphasized political content on Facebook, Insta... - https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/24/technology/meta-election-politics.html #unitedstatespoliticsandgovernment #stormingoftheuscapitol(jan2021) #presidentialelectionof2024 #presidentialelectionof2020 #computersandtheinternet #rumorsandmisinformation #midtermelections(2022) #politicsandgovernment #mobileapplications #conspiracytheories #instagraminc

Kamala Harris Faces a Faster, Uglier Version of the Internet - Politicians have long faced racist and sexist attacks online. But Ms. Harris is being att... - https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/30/technology/kamala-harris-toxic-internet-politics.html #unitedstatespoliticsandgovernment #presidentialelectionof2024 #rumorsandmisinformation #conspiracytheories #raceandethnicity #cyberharassment #harriskamalad #socialmedia #blackpeople #minorities #elections #gender

Bots Tied to China Are Harassing a Dissident’s Teenage Daughter - A covert campaign to target a writer critical of the country’s Communist Party has extend... - https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/27/business/china-disinformation-critics-harassment.html #threatsandthreateningmessages #rumorsandmisinformation #cyberharassment #socialmedia #china

States Move to Ban Deepfake Nudes to Fight Sexually Explicit Images of Minors - Legislators in two dozen states are working on bills, or have passed laws, to combat A.I.... - https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/22/technology/deepfake-ai-nudes-high-school-laws.html #childsexualabusematerial(csam) #schooldiscipline(students) #teenagersandadolescence #rumorsandmisinformation #computersandtheinternet #artificialintelligence #issaquahhighschool #washington(state) #childpornography #cyberharassment

U.S. Rebukes Russia for Claims of Secret Bioweapons in Ukraine - Russia used a formal meeting in Geneva to air its unsupported accusations but faced consi... - https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/13/technology/russia-ukraine-bioweapons.html #unitedstatesinternationalrelations #russianinvasionofukraine(2022) #biologicalandchemicalwarfare #rumorsandmisinformation #internationalrelations #warandarmedconflicts #putinvladimirv #unitednations

Russia’s Unfounded Claims of Secret U.S. Bioweapons Linger On and On - Without providing evidence, the Kremlin is pressing allegations that the U.S. operates la... - https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/04/technology/russia-bioweapons-geneva.html #unitedstatesinternationalrelations #laboratoriesandscientificequipment #russianinvasionofukraine(2022) #biologicalandchemicalwarfare #rumorsandmisinformation #internationalrelations #warandarmedconflicts #securitycouncil(un) #conspiracytheories

As Midterms Loom, Meta C.E.O. Shifts Focus Away From Elections - Mark Zuckerberg, who once said securing elections was “the most important thing,” has shi... - https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/23/technology/mark-zuckerberg-meta-midterm-elections.html #stormingoftheuscapitol(jan2021) #presidentialelectionof2020 #voterfraud(electionfraud) #rumorsandmisinformation #computersandtheinternet #metaverse(internet) #projectdemocracy #metaplatformsinc #whistle-blowers #zuckerbergmarke

What Texas Gains by Investigating Twitter’s Fake Accounts - For Ken Paxton, the state attorney general, there are positives. Aligning with Elon Musk?... - https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/08/technology/texas-twitter-ken-paxton.html #antitrustlawsandcompetitionissues #spaceexplorationtechnologiescorp #stormingoftheuscapitol(jan2021) #electionsattorneysgeneral #computersandtheinternet #rumorsandmisinformation #politicsandgovernment #teslamotorsinc #trumpdonaldj #socialmedia #paxtonken #texas

Jan. 6 Committee Subpoenas Twitter, Meta, Alphabet and Reddit - The panel investigating the attack on the Capitol is demanding information from Alphabet,... - https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/13/us/politics/jan-6-tech-subpoenas.html #stormingoftheuscapitol(jan2021) #presidentialelectionof2020 #rumorsandmisinformation #metaplatformsinc #thompsonbennieg #socialmedia #alphabetinc #youtube.com #facebookinc #redditinc #twitter

Election Falsehoods Surged on Podcasts Before Capitol Riots, Researchers Find - A new study analyzed nearly 1,500 episodes, showing the extent to which podcasts pushed m... - https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/04/technology/apple-google-spotify-podcast-election-misinformation.html #unitedstatespoliticsandgovernment #stormingoftheuscapitol(jan2021) #presidentialelectionof2020 #voterfraud(electionfraud) #rumorsandmisinformation #brookingsinstitution #conspiracytheories #bannonstephenk #spotify

Election Falsehoods Surged on Podcasts Before Capitol Riots, Researchers Find - A new study analyzed nearly 1,500 episodes, showing the extent to which podcasts pushed m... - https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/04/technology/podcast-election-misinformation.html #unitedstatespoliticsandgovernment #stormingoftheuscapitol(jan2021) #presidentialelectionof2020 #voterfraud(electionfraud) #rumorsandmisinformation #brookingsinstitution #conspiracytheories #bannonstephenk #absenteevoting #trumpdonaldj

Proud Boys Regroup Locally to Add to Ranks Before 2022 Midterms - The far-right nationalist group has become increasingly active at school board meetings a... - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/14/us/proud-boys-local-issues.html #unitedstatespoliticsandgovernment #stormingoftheuscapitol(jan2021) #right-wingextremismandalt-right #demonstrationsprotestsandriots #presidentialelectionof2020 #vaccinationandimmunization #fringegroupsandmovements #rumorsandmisinformation #coronavirus(2019-ncov)

Trump Allies Help Bolsonaro Sow Doubt in Brazil's Elections - With his poll numbers falling, President Jair Bolsonaro is already questioning the legiti... - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/11/world/americas/bolsonaro-trump-brazil-election.html #stormingoftheuscapitol(jan2021) #presidentialelectionof2020 #voterfraud(electionfraud) #rumorsandmisinformation #bolsonarojair(1955-) #millerjason(1975-) #bolsonaroeduardo #bannonstephenk #trumpdonaldjjr #trumpdonaldj #socialmedia #elections

Facebook, Preparing for Chauvin Verdict, Will Limit Posts That Might Incite Violence - The company said it planned to limit posts that contain misinformation and hate speech re... - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/19/technology/facebook-chauvin-verdict-violence.html #stormingoftheuscapitol(jan2021) #presidentialelectionof2020 #voterfraud(electionfraud) #georgefloydprotests(2020) #blacklivesmattermovement #rumorsandmisinformation #chauvinderek(1976-) #floydgeorge(d2020) #bickertmonika

How Three Election-Related Falsehoods Spread - The lies took off so rapidly on Facebook and Twitter that local election officials could not conta... - https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/30/technology/how-three-election-related-falsehoods-spread.html #right-wingextremismandalt-right #georgefloydprotests(2020) #fringegroupsandmovements #blacklivesmattermovement #rumorsandmisinformation #computersandtheinternet #antifamovement(us) #absenteevoting #crowdtangleinc #socialmedia #facebookinc

Surge of Virus Misinformation Stumps Facebook and Twitter - Secret labs. Magic cures. Government plots. Despite efforts by social media companies to stop it, ... more: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/08/technology/coronavirus-misinformation-social-media.html #rumorsandmisinformation #computersandtheinternet #coronavirus(2019-ncov) #computersecurity #socialmedia #facebookinc #youtube.com #googleinc #gatesbill #twitter