Protecting Truth in the Digital Age
We monitor, analyze, and combat disinformation to preserve the integrity of public discourse.
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In the heart of Vilnius, Lithuania—a frontline state sharing a volatile border with Russia—hundreds of fact-checkers gathered for the annual GlobalFact conference, framed appropriately against the backdrop of modern cognitive warfare. Lithuanian Minister of National Defense Robertas Kaunas opened the event with a sobering declaration: fact-checkers are not merely journalists,…
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The whirlwind of confusion that erupted on Tuesday morning serves as a stark reminder of how fragile the boundary between verified journalism and viral misinformation has become in our digital age. It all started when NPR, a venerable institution known for its meticulous reporting, published an alert stating that Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito was stepping down after two decades on the bench. For a few frantic minutes, the news migrated from the digital ether into the collective consciousness of the nation, triggering an immediate and intense reaction across political and legal spheres. Before long, however, the report was scrubbed…
The landscape of modern journalism is currently facing an existential threat from an unlikely source: the “AI-slop” content farm. The issue hit home for New York State Senator Patricia Fahy when an obscure network of websites, operating under the banner of National Today, published a completely fabricated story claiming that her newly introduced legislation to regulate AI in news had already passed. In reality, the bill hadn’t even cleared the full legislative process, and the “author” of the article was likely a non-existent entity created by software. This incident highlighted how quickly artificial intelligence can be weaponized to generate convincing…
