LONDON—Britain accused Russian news channel RT on Wednesday of being a tool of a Kremlin disinformation campaign and asked the UK media regulator to take action if needed after Russia recognized two rebel regions of eastern Ukraine. Russian officials say RT is a way for Moscow to compete with the dominance of global media companies…
UK Says Russian Channel RT Is Tool of Kremlin Disinformation
The Threat From TikTok Is Real: Congress Needs to Wake Up
Commentary On Oct. 26, TikTok executive Michael Beckerman was asked by members of U.S. Congress if the app shares data with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Although Beckerman said no, there is reason to think otherwise. With all this talk of Instagram, it’s easy to forget that other problematic apps exist. In fact, according to…
Billionaires Back Public Benefit Corporation That Will Fund ‘Anti-Disinformation’ Media Companies
Billionaires Reid Hoffman and George Soros are backing a public benefit corporation that will provide funding to new media companies aimed at tackling disinformation online and restoring social trust. Good Information Inc. launched on Tuesday and is being led by former Democratic strategist Tara McGowan who previously ran a progressive non-profit called ACRONYM, which was backed by LinkedIn founder Hoffman. Others contributing…
Billionaires Reid Hoffman, George Soros Back Public Benefit Corporation That Will Fund Anti-Disinformation Media Companies
Billionaires Reid Hoffman and George Soros are backing a public benefit corporation that will provide funding to new media companies aimed at tackling disinformation online and restoring social trust. Good Information Inc. launched on Tuesday and is being led by former Democratic strategist Tara McGowan who previously ran a progressive non-profit called ACRONYM, which was backed by LinkedIn founder Hoffman. Others contributing…
Leaked Zoom Video Reveals Hospital Officials Discussing COVID-19 Scare Tactics
A leaked Zoom conference reveals a doctor questioning how to increase the count of COVID-19 patient numbers on the hospital’s dashboard report. The media outlet National File said it obtained the recording from an “internal source” at the Novant Health System that includes New Hanover Regional Medical Center in Wilmington, North Carolina. National File posted…
Pro-Russian Trolls Target Reader Comments on Western News Websites: UK Study
Pro-Kremlin trolls have been systematically manipulating the comment sections of Western news websites to spread propaganda and disinformation, a group of UK researchers has found. Researchers from Cardiff University say they have found evidence that 32 prominent media outlets across 16 countries have been targeted, including the UK’s Daily Mail, Daily Express, and The Times…
After Riding Pandemic Into Office, Biden Administration Unsure in COVID Response
Commentary There is some natural justice in the shambles of the Biden administration’s COVID-19 policy. This administration benefited miraculously from the onset of the coronavirus—all polls prior to the arrival of the pandemic indicated that President Trump would be reelected. The Democrats and their almost airtight phalanx of social and national political media support immediately…
State-Sponsored Censorship
Commentary Two leading officials of the federal government—the press secretary and the surgeon general—have revealed the Biden administration’s plan to coordinate with social media platforms to censor dissident voices that disagree with the official position on COVID-19 and the efficacy of vaccines. This raises First Amendment concerns of the highest order. At a recent press…
Now More Than Ever, Twitter Isn’t Real Life
Commentary What matters on Twitter … often just stays on Twitter. Those who use the platform to voice opinions on faith, politics, guns, culture, the military, the police, and a whole host of other issues just aren’t representative of popular opinion. They tend to hold positions not just to the left but to the far,…
Ministry of Truth 2.0
Commentary Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas is reportedly considering the development of tools that would help America’s children discern truth from lies and know when they are being fed “disinformation.” The Washington Times, which first reported the story, says a department spokesperson declined to give details, but that more information would be revealed “in the coming…
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