Protecting Truth in the Digital Age
We monitor, analyze, and combat disinformation to preserve the integrity of public discourse.
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Imagine a bright-eyed eight-year-old sitting at a kitchen table with a tablet, asking an artificial intelligence chatbot to explain a news story they saw online. Within seconds, a confident, convincing answer appears on the screen. The child doesn’t know that the response may be subtly distorted, entirely invented, or deliberately…
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I recently received an email from my U.S. House representative, Bill Foster, and I am sure the same message went to many other voters in Illinois’ 11th District. It was not the kind of note that makes you feel proud or informed. It was the kind that makes you stop, read it twice, and wonder whether the person who signed it actually trusts the people he represents. The email was about his vote against the Secure America Act, a bill that finally funded the pay of the brave men and women of ICE and Border Patrol. Those are the people…
It began with a late-night social media post, the kind that has become familiar but still manages to land like a thunderclap in Washington. United States President Donald Trump took to his Truth Social platform on Friday to announce, in his signature all-caps style, that several major news organizations would be banned from the White House — “immediately.” The reason? “Reporting FAKE NEWS!” He named three outlets specifically: CNN, MS NOW (the new name for what was once MSNBC), and Politico. In the same post, he promised that more outlets would follow, and when reporters pressed him later that day,…
