Free speech push, now backed by Meta’s Zuckerberg, risks spread of disinformation
Facebook owner to copy community notes pioneered by Elon Musk’s X
The panic over AGI disinformation in this year’s political cycle seems to have been overblown
AdNow was implicated in misinformation campaigns in France, Germany and Romania
Businesses need new playbooks for dealing with online falsehoods as AI intensifies the risks
Klaus Iohannis urges close co-ordination among EU leaders to combat foreign interference after Bucharest annulled vote
Bucharest lodges complaint after far-right candidate who went viral on Chinese platform topped presidential vote
Vow to crack down on the ‘censorship cartel’ has researchers worried — and Big Tech is on notice
Teenagers now struggle to distinguish news, opinion and entertainment
Satirical website wins auction for media business controlled by conspiracy theorist Alex Jones
Discussion of the political impact of artificial intelligence from the FT’s Future of AI summit
Is the Beeb being self righteous again? Or offering us a model for reinforcing our own cred when others doubt it?
Clip purporting to show a Haitian voting in Georgia is among ‘Moscow’s broader efforts’ to sway the race, intelligence agencies say
US prosecutors accuse defendants of working for Tehran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to influence the election
Republicans criticise emergence of 9/11 conspiracy theorist Laura Loomer in ex-president’s circle
Research runs counter to idea that it is nigh impossible to change some minds over popular but unevidenced ideas
Are ordinary citizens really helpless to distinguish truth from lies, and is misinformation as prevalent as we have been led to believe?
Online safety rules in the spotlight after violent unrest sparked by spread of misleading news on social media
Internal market commissioner’s warning to owner of social media site X was not approved
Inaccurate push notifications increase fears about spread of misinformation on video-sharing platform
‘Covert news sites’ and phishing emails among tactics employed by Tehran-backed actors, says tech group
Tech platforms put ‘rocket boosters’ under content that encouraged violence across English towns, says Yvette Cooper
One hundred years on, the Zinoviev Letter illustrates how election results have deeper causes than disinformation
Conservative billionaire’s entertainment channel had been fined €7.6mn for breaching broadcasting standards
What can we do to stop the collective warping of reality online?
