Tag: misinformation

The War on Truth in This World and the Next

Commentary Chris Hardwick, the American comedian and actor, once said: “We’re not in an information age anymore. We’re in the information management age.” He’s right. We are. With so much information out there—a lot of good and a lot of it bad—it’s difficult to separate fact from fiction. This is why governments worldwide are stepping up…


CCP-Owned Media Targeted Tory Candidates in Last Federal Election: Disinformation Monitoring Expert

Chinese state media and pro-Beijing actors ran propaganda campaigns to smear the credibility of Conservative candidates in the last federal election, says the director of a foreign disinformation monitoring and debunking organization. The narratives pushed in those campaigns indicate a “likelihood of a coordinated operation” to influence Chinese-Canadian voters. Testifying before the parliamentary House Affairs…


Five Doctors Sue California Over Medical Misinformation Law

A group of doctors is suing California officials over the state’s new law that lets medical boards punish physicians who offer “misinformation or disinformation” related to COVID-19. The law, passed by Democrats in September and signed into law soon after by Democrat Gov. Gavin Newsom, violates doctors’ constitutional rights to free speech and due process,…


FBI Agent Who Pushed to Censor Hunter Biden Story Is Shaping Biden Admin’s Response to ‘Misinformation’

An FBI agent who coordinated with Facebook to suppress the Hunter Biden laptop story is advising the Biden administration in its push to suppress information on social media, according to leaked documents published by The Intercept. Laura Dehmlow was involved in conversations between the FBI and Facebook ahead of the social media company’s decision to censor the story surrounding…


Officials Across United States Spread Misinformation on COVID-19 Vaccines

Officials across the United States are continuing to spread misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines, The Epoch Times has found. The claims include unsupported or misleading statements about vaccine effectiveness and safety. The vast majority of officials responsible for the misinformation were unable or unwilling to provide evidence backing their claims. The Louisiana Department of Health is…


Medical Board Moves to Strip Dr. Peter McCullough of Certifications

A medical board has moved to strip a top cardiologist of certifications, claiming he provided misleading medical information to the public. The American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) informed cardiologist Dr. Peter McCullough of the action in a recent letter. The board said that McCullough’s statements questioning COVID-19 vaccination for healthy people under the age…


Fauci and Others Will Be Deposed

Commentary I’ve posted before on our Missouri v. Biden lawsuit, in which the state of Missouri and Louisiana—along with four private plaintiffs (Jay Bhattacharya, Martin Kulldorff, the advocacy organization Health Freedom Louisiana, and yours truly) represented by the New Civil Liberties Alliance—are suing the Biden administration for alleged free speech violations. We now have strong evidence that the executive branch…


TikTok Failed to Prevent 90 Percent of Election Misinformation: Report

Social media giant TikTok approved most political advertisements containing false and misleading information about U.S. elections despite assurances from the company that it had a robust mechanism for detecting such content, a new report has found. TikTok approved 90 percent of advertisements that featured misleading and outright false information about the upcoming 2022 U.S. midterm…


Cory Morgan: For All Their Misinformation Rhetoric, Testimony Shows Feds Are Guilty of the Same on Emergencies Act

Commentary Misinformation has been a buzzword often used by the government as they try to justify intrusive legislation created to control information on the internet such as Bill-C11. While the government appears cognizant that social media can be an unreliable source of information, they don’t hesitate to embrace questionable information from the internet when it…


Newsom Spreads ‘Misinformation’ on COVID-19

Commentary Gov. Gavin Newsom recently signed into law Assembly Bill 2098, whose exact language reads: It shall constitute unprofessional conduct for a physician and surgeon to disseminate misinformation or disinformation related to COVID-19, including false or misleading information regarding the nature and risks of the virus, its prevention and treatment; and the development, safety, and…