Protecting Truth in the Digital Age
We monitor, analyze, and combat disinformation to preserve the integrity of public discourse.
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There’s a phrase for what’s happening: “misinformation about misinformation.” It was coined by five academics led by Ceren Budak of the University of Michigan, in a paper in Nature in June 2024, to describe the gap between what public figures claim about online falsehood and what the evidence actually shows.…
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A month after a very public and terrifying health crisis, Perez Hilton’s family has stepped forward to offer a careful, compassionate update. In a statement posted to his website on September 14, they explained that the celebrity blogger has entered a residential treatment program, where he is expected to remain for several weeks. “This was an important next step, but there’s still a long road ahead,” the family wrote. They also shared that Hilton does not have access to his phone or laptop and has only limited contact with family and friends, a deliberate boundary designed to help him “focus…
The digital battlefield for the American midterm elections has already begun, and its opening salvo is a series of chillingly realistic deepfake videos designed to deceive the public. Russian disinformation operatives have launched a campaign featuring fabricated videos of well-known Hollywood celebrities, seemingly attacking the Democratic Party. These clips, branded with the CNN logo and circulated with inflammatory hashtags, are the first wave in what experts believe is a concerted effort to influence the upcoming vote. The videos are not crude parodies but sophisticated manipulations, using stolen footage and voice-cloning technology to put words into the mouths of actors, creating…
