This week's indictment of two Russian state media employees accused of paying a Tennessee company to create pro-Russian content is revealing Moscow's latest tactic for meddling in the November election
September 06, 2024
As voters prepare to cast their ballots in the November election, U.S. adversaries like China are making their own plans
September 03, 2024
Donald Trump has shared a harrowing story about almost crashing in a helicopter he was riding in with former San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown
August 09, 2024
Groups linked to Russia’s government are using online disinformation to spread false information about the 2024 Olympics and portraying Paris as a crime-ridden cesspool
August 06, 2024
Top U.S. intelligence officials say Russia, China and Iran are continuing to target voters in the U.S. with disinformation and propaganda related to the upcoming presidential election
July 29, 2024
Two very different conspiracy theories are spreading in the days following former President Donald Trump's attempted assassination at a Pennsylvania rally
July 18, 2024
A deep dive into political ads on Facebook by researchers at Syracuse University has revealed a sprawling web of advertisements that contain misleading information or scams
July 10, 2024
The nation's top intelligence official says Iran has been working to encourage campus protests over Israel's war against Hamas in Gaza
July 09, 2024
Artificial intelligence could be misused to spread misleading or false claims about the Holocaust
June 18, 2024
When it comes to online scams and foreign disinformation, it pays to be female
June 12, 2024
U.S. officials who track disinformation campaigns say they're issuing more warnings to political candidates, government officials and others targeted by foreign groups as America’s adversaries seek to influence the 2024 election
June 12, 2024
YouTube is changing its rules to protect its youngest users from potentially harmful firearm videos
June 05, 2024
The leader of the Senate Intelligence Committee says the U.S. may be less prepared for the threat of foreign disinformation ahead of this year's election than it was four years ago
June 03, 2024
As voters in Mexico head to the polls, a flurry of false, sexist and misleading posts on social media are blurring the lines between fact and fiction
June 01, 2024
Donald Trump is not the president, but that doesn't stop many of his most loyal supporters and even his lawyers from calling him the commander-in-chief
May 07, 2024
Frightening to some, exciting to others, baffling to many: Artificial intelligence has been called an economic game changer, a threat to democracy or even an existential threat to humanity
April 11, 2024
Two lawmakers from opposing parties are floating a new plan to protect the privacy of Americans' personal data
April 07, 2024
New bipartisan legislation introduced in the House would require the identification and labeling of online content generated using artificial intelligence
March 21, 2024
Election misinformation will pose a formidable challenge this year as billions of people in dozens of countries head to the polls
March 20, 2024
Russian state media and online accounts tied to the Kremlin have begun pushing misleading and incendiary claims about U.S. immigration
March 01, 2024
Since the Salem witch trials, tales of dark plots and secret organizations have emerged time and again across the land that become the United States, and such conspiracies have influenced public opinion and even the outcome of elections
January 31, 2024
Conspiracy theories seem to be everywhere these days
January 31, 2024
Online conspiracy theories have created a new age of fringe medical treatments and supposed miracle cures
January 31, 2024
Sometimes a story is more appealing than the truth
January 31, 2024
It's not uncommon to believe conspiracy theories, and surveys show that many Americans believe in at least one of them
January 31, 2024
Multiple people shot along I-75 in southeastern Kentucky, authorities say
Police say active shooter in Kentucky left numerous people shot
Musk says SpaceX to launch first uncrewed Starships to Mars in two years
Pope Francis visit keenly awaited in deeply Catholic East Timor
Pope brings in a ton of humanitarian aid, toys to remote Papua New Guinea as he celebrates periphery
North Korean leader emphasises importance of strengthening naval power
Former director of Los Alamos National Laboratory dead after car crash in New Mexico
Chicago Sky's Angel Reese says on social media that her historic rookie season is over due to injury
Cast of Ron Howard's "Eden" bonded during an arduous filming