#rumorsandmisinformation — Public Fediverse posts

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

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

Musk’s Ties to China Could Create Headaches for Twitter - Elon Musk has invested heavily in China, where officials are willing to influence or puni... - https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/29/technology/elon-musk-china-tesla.html #unitedstatesinternationalrelations #freedomofspeechandexpression #computersandtheinternet #rumorsandmisinformation #politicsandgovernment #freedomofthepress #teslamotorsinc #bezosjeffreyp #socialmedia #censorship #muskelon #twitter #china

Twitter Grapples Anew With Its Trump Conundrum - The social media company came under fire — again — for not removing Mr. Trump’s posts that contain... more: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/26/technology/trump-twitter-scarborough.html #unitedstatespoliticsandgovernment #corporatesocialresponsibility #presidentialelectionof2016 #presidentialelectionof2020 #labelingandlabels(product) #rumorsandmisinformation #computersandtheinternet #widowsandwidowers #cyberharassment