Media, Tech & Disinformation

Ifeanyi Ifediba usually creates videos about sports, anime and campus life. But he recently agreed to make a political ad to support the billionaire tax.

(Screengrab via X) Shark Tank investor and entrepreneur Daniel Lubetzky accused Semafor CEO Justin Smith of accepting what he called a “bribe” from Qatar, allegedly receiving millions of dollars for inexpensive journalism training and publi

Fact check: 3 lies in Congressional Leadership Fund’s attack ad about Marcy Kaptur’s handling of taxpayer mon Cleveland.com

‘It’s just messed up’: Russian network allegedly targets Senate candidates in Ohio and Texas with AI deepfakes Attack of the Fanboy

Mark Cuban Says Gen Z Texans Have ‘No Idea’ Who James Talarico or Ken Paxton Are as AI-Powered Social Med Benzinga

(AP Photo/Alex Brandon) Gallup published a finding this week that many news organizations and partisan forces took up as easy proof of the oldest slander against liberals: When Gallup asked which three values America “most needs today,” Rep

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — New York is enacting farther-reaching restrictions on companion chatbot behavior, as states increasingly move to protect children who use artificial intelligence, regulate how employers deploy AI systems and push deve

A leak website has published personal information on more than 40,000 Department of Homeland Security employees, among them officials working in sensitive fields such as surveillance and human intelligence. Distributed Denial of Secrets, a

"Disclosure delayed is disclosure denied." That was OpenSecrets executive director Hilary Braseth, speaking while the Federal Election Commission's public disclosure system sat dark after a cyberattack, with a 2026 election filing period un

Over 41,000 names said to belong to U.S. Department of Homeland Security personnel turned up in a database that CNBC reporters were able to pull up on a public website. The listings included names, job titles, the agency each person works f

Chattanooga’s publicly owned internet network has helped transform the once struggling city into an unlikely marvel of civic reinvention. | Lucy Jones for Vox; Getty Images Most Americans hate their cable companies. But not the 200,000-odd

Cyberattack concealed political spending by big donors before US midterm elections Awani International

Disinformation videos, likely from Russia, are exploiting real people to malign Senate candidates WVLT

Transgender mailers are weapons in a disinformation war Dallas News

Senate candidate hates kittens! (Probably not, but you've seen worse.) Detroit Free Press

“Why are you telling these people who gathered to see you in their Chinese-made, American-flag, Hawaiian shirts that they can’t afford to eat at your house?” Jimmy Kimmel asked.

Former President Barack Obama took another swipe at President Donald Trump on Wednesday, days after the commander in chief’s furious reaction to his Cheesecake Factory joke, much to critics’ delight. Obama reignited the bit on Wednesday nig

Jimmy Kimmel mocked President Donald Trump for inviting supporters to spend their promised $5,000 dividend checks at Mar-a-Lago, before informing them that the money might not even cover a hamburger at his exclusive Florida club. The late-n

Regulator demands companies explain how and why they charge different prices for the same product or service The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is demanding some of the US’s biggest airlines, ride-share companies and retailers divulge how t

The House race putting Big Tech’s political standing to the test Politico

Fact Check Team: DOJ lawsuit challenges Alaska Senate election certification if GOP loses KATV

Disinformation videos, likely from Russia, are exploiting real people to malign Senate candidates KOLN | Nebraska Local News, Weather, Sports | Lincoln, NE