Between Russia and Elon Musk, German Voters Face a ‘Dual Front’ of Disinformation In the first major European vote since President Trump’s re-election, influence campaigns are targeting Germany from two sides.

Russian Disinformation Campaigns Eluded Meta’s Efforts to Block Them A new report details how a covert influence operation linked to the Kremlin continued to place ads on Facebook despite U.S. and E.U. prohibitions on doing business with the organization.

Meta is leaving its users to wade through hate and disinformation Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge; Getty ImageExperts warn that Meta’s decision to end its third-party fact-checking program could allow disinformation and hate to fester online and permeate the real world. The company announced today that it’s phasing out a program launched in 2016 where it partners with independent fact-checkers around the worl…

US sanctions Russian group over AI-generated election disinformation Illustration by Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photos from Getty ImagesThe US has issued sanctions on organizations in Russia and Iran for attempting to interfere with the 2024 presidential election. The Treasury Department said on Tuesday that the groups tried to “stoke socio-political tensions” and influence voters. One group, the Moscow-based Ce…

This Group Refuses to Stop Tracking Disinformation Though a larger coalition of fact checkers has disbanded, a team of students and researchers at the University of Washington in Seattle is still working to document how lies online threaten to undermine this year’s presidential race.

As Election Looms, Disinformation ‘Has Never Been Worse’ A torrent of falsehoods, from home and abroad, have undermined what was once a shared faith in the honesty of America’s democracy.

After Trump Rally Shooting, Disinformation Spreads on Social Media Disinformation experts immediately urged caution, warning people not to jump to conclusions.

Even the Best Tools to Fight Disinformation Are Not Enough Researchers have learned plenty about misinformation and how it spreads. But they’re still struggling to figure out how to stop it.

A major disinformation research center’s future looks uncertain Photo by David Madison / Getty ImagesThe Stanford Internet Observatory, a small but prominent research group studying abuse on social media platforms, looks to be in crisis, according to a report by Platformer. Some key staff have departed recently, including founding director Alex Stamos and research director Renée DiResta, Platformer reports. …

Russian Disinformation Campaign Targets Summer Olympics in Paris Russian propagandists are spoofing broadcasters and mimicking French and U.S. intelligence agencies to stoke fear about security at the Games.

Once a Sheriff’s Deputy in Florida, Now a Source of Disinformation From Russia In 2016, Russia used an army of trolls to interfere in the U.S. presidential election. This year, an American given asylum in Moscow may be accomplishing much the same thing all by himself.

U.S. Tries New Tack on Russian Disinformation: Pre-Empting It The State Department’s Global Engagement Center is taking the unusual step of disclosing a covert Russian operation when it is barely off the ground.

Why Meta, X and TikTok face more pressure from Europe than the U.S. on Israel-Hamas war disinformation The European Union enacted the Digital Services Act, which requires very large online platforms to mitigate the risk of disinformation.

X defends itself over EU accusations of playing host to Israel-Hamas disinformation Image: The VergeX CEO Linda Yaccarino has said the social media platform formerly known as Twitter has identified and removed “hundreds” of Hamas-affiliated accounts, and has “taken action to remove or label tens of thousands of pieces of content” in the wake of terrorist attacks carried out by Hamas against Israel. Yaccarino’s letter comes in r…

EU asks Elon Musk to prove X isn’t breaking Europe’s disinformation rules Image: Kristen Radtke / The Verge; Getty ImagesEU commissioner Thierry Breton warned Elon Musk in a letter today that X, formerly Twitter, “is being used to disseminate illegal content and disinformation in the EU” after Hamas attacks in Israel. Breton also reminded Musk that the Digital Services Act (DSA), which went into effect in August, “set…

China Uses ‘Deceptive’ Methods to Sow Disinformation, U.S. Says The accusations reflect worry in Washington that China’s information operations pose a growing security challenge to the United States.

China Sows Disinformation About Hawaii Fires Using New Techniques Beijing’s influence campaign using artificial intelligence is a rapid change in tactics, researchers from Microsoft and other organizations say.

Meta says it has disrupted a massive disinformation campaign linked to Chinese law enforcement The disinformation campaign posted positive news about China and the Xinjiang province while criticizing U.S. policy and officials across dozens of platforms.

Ruling Puts Social Media at Crossroads of Disinformation and Free Speech The case, which could alter how the government battles disinformation, is a flashpoint in a broader effort by conservatives to document what they contend is a liberal conspiracy to silence their views.