Protecting Truth in the Digital Age

We monitor, analyze, and combat disinformation to preserve the integrity of public discourse.

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Based on The Independent’s reporting, the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo is caught in an extraordinary nightmare where a lethal virus and a wave of violent denial are feeding each other. For months, international health teams have tried to contain one of the worst Ebola outbreaks the world has ever faced, armed with cutting-edge vaccines and decades of scientific knowledge. But they have discovered that a rubber-gloved finger pointed down a narrow dirt path is not enough to stop a rumor. A mother watches white-suited strangers spray disinfectant over her neighbor’s doorway and hears a whisper: the health workers are…

Here is the humanized summary, told as a single, flowing narrative in six paragraphs. The bitter power struggle at the heart of world football has erupted into open legal warfare, with FIFA launching a blistering attack on UEFA and accusing Europe’s governing body of running a “misinformation campaign” in a desperate bid to derail Gianni Infantino’s presidency. The dispute Centers on an attempt by UEFA to force FIFA, through the American courts, to hand over internal documents relating to Infantino’s controversial and now-abandoned plan to sell off commercial rights tied to the World Cup. In a 26-page legal filing submitted…

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