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The Rumor Center was operated "to stop the spread of rumors that might cause tension, panic or bring harm to an individual or group of persons, particularly in situations involving race relations." The Center closed in 1973 "because the need had changed and government agencies had developed methods for dealing with rumor control." [13] [14]
A government agency was spreading dangerous rumors about the coronavirus vaccine, playing on people's religious beliefs to sow chaos, Reuters revealed last week. Was it Russia?
Disinformation is misleading content deliberately spread to deceive people, [1] [2] or to secure economic or political gain and which may cause public harm. [3] Disinformation is an orchestrated adversarial activity in which actors employ strategic deceptions and media manipulation tactics to advance political, military, or commercial goals. [ 4 ]
Misinformation might be created and spread with malicious intent for reasons such as causing anxiety or deceiving audiences. [136] Rumors created with or without malicious intent may be unknowingly shared by users. [citation needed] People may know what the scientific community has proved as a fact, and still refuse to accept it as such. [140]
New York City’s public advocate is flunking sex ed. More than half of the 704 staffers in Jumaane Williams’ office did not complete an anti-sexual harassment training course, according to a ...
Publication of malicious fake news, endangering public order, or damaging state interests or credit (¶ 1) False testimony against defendant, in criminal cases (Art. 180) Spreading false rumours, when aiming to monopolize or restrain trade (Art. 186 ¶ 2) Lesser physical injury, when intended to insult, offend, cause ignominy (Art. 265 ¶ 2)
The lawsuit accuses a teacher of starting and spreading a false sexual rumor about the student earlier this year, according to court records. Student sues Lynden School District, educators for ...
Fake news has become increasingly prevalent over the last few years, with over 100 misleading articles and rumors spread regarding the 2016 United States presidential election alone. [18] These fake news articles tend to come from satirical news websites or individual websites with an incentive to propagate false information, either as ...