Latest "misinformation" stories

Military service key factor in 3 decades of extremist attacks

One-quarter of all extremism-driven mass casualty attacks and plots from 1990 through 2022 were devised by perpetrators with military backgrounds.

By Nikki Wentling

4 months ago

Joint Collaborative Environments can help stop foreign disinformation

The U.S. faces increasingly complex and sophisticated threats from foreign governments exerting malign influence.

By David Rubin and Chris Weggeman

5 months ago

Troops, veterans are targets in the disinformation war — even if they don't know it yet

Over the past several years, disinformation, or the intentional deployment of false information for malicious ends, has emerged as a critical threat.

By Sonner Kehrt, The War Horse

13 months ago

UN stresses strategic communications to combat disinformation ‘weapon of war’

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told the council that the world in which peacekeepers operate "is more hazardous today than any time in recent memory," with geopolitical tensions reverberating locally and conflicts "more complex and multi-layered."

By Edith M. Lederer

15 months ago

Russian election assault poses quandary for 2018 campaigns

Candidates running in 2018 are scared of email hacks and elaborate misinformation schemes like the ones Russia used to disrupt the 2016 campaign, and many candidates say they’re concerned they can’t rely on Congress or the White House for advice, or protection.

6 years ago

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