Protecting Truth in the Digital Age
We monitor, analyze, and combat disinformation to preserve the integrity of public discourse.
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The tragic call came in the early hours, shattering the peace of a small Ontario community. What began as a routine emergency dispatch, however, quickly morphed into something far more complicated and painful. As first responders worked the scene of a fatal collision in Centre Wellington, a different kind of…
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Of all the ways social media can erode trust, few feel as cruel as the one that has emerged in recent months around military veterans. The BBC has issued a serious warning about a growing wave of TikTok videos that use artificial intelligence to create fake veterans and fake stories of service, valor, and suffering — all designed to scam well-meaning people out of money. At first glance, these videos look like ordinary, heartfelt posts: a middle-aged man in a dusty uniform, a woman in fatigues saluting the flag, a silver-haired veteran wiping away tears while talking about losing his…
In a world where the truth is already under relentless assault, a new and particularly insidious attack has targeted one of Ukraine’s most trusted independent media voices. The editorial team at NV, the well-known Ukrainian news outlet operating through NV.ua, has been forced to issue an urgent and unequivocal warning: the website nvukraine.com is not theirs. It is a malicious mirror, a carefully constructed imitation designed to deceive. On that fake domain, unknown actors copied the look, layout, and branding of the real NV.ua website and published a fabricated story alleging “searches of a former defense procurement chief.” The story,…
