Protecting Truth in the Digital Age
We monitor, analyze, and combat disinformation to preserve the integrity of public discourse.
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The landscape of public health is undergoing a seismic shift, moving away from a world where medical expertise was taken at face value toward a volatile era defined by a deep-seated crisis of credibility. During a recent panel at Hofstra University, experts gathered to discuss the reality that the next…
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In an era where digital deception is evolving at a terrifying pace, artificial intelligence has become a double-edged sword. While deepfakes, AI-generated texts, and sophisticated propaganda campaigns threaten the fabric of democracy, a brilliant high school student from Iasi, Romania, is fighting back with the very same weaponry. Rareș Oancea, a 10th-grade literature student at the “Mihai Eminescu” National College, founded TruthSeeker—an AI-driven platform designed to deconstruct online manipulation. Unlike traditional fact-checking, which often struggles to keep up with the sheer volume of viral falsehoods, Rareș’s tool provides users with the critical context needed to dissect who is sharing information,…
This case serves as a stark reminder of the sophisticated and destructive nature of financial crime in Singapore. Recently, a 44-year-old man named Luke Giam Zi Hin was sentenced to six years in prison for his central role in a massive Goods and Services Tax (GST) fraud scheme. His sentencing brings to a close a lengthy legal battle against an eight-person criminal syndicate that collectively defrauded the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (IRAS) of nearly S$764,000. While the payout itself might seem smaller when measured against the $114 million in phantom transactions the group orchestrated, the damage done to the…
