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Misinformation and propaganda are not new, but they are prevalent in a more digital world. News swiftly comes across smartpho ne screens, and people consume so much information on social media daily.
John Seigenthaler, an American journalist, was the subject of a defamatory Wikipedia hoax article in May 2005. The hoax raised questions about the reliability of Wikipedia and other websites with user-generated content. Since the launch of Wikipedia in 2001, it has faced several controversies. Wikipedia's open-editing model, which allows any user to edit its encyclopedic pages, has led to ...
Rob Barry (February 20, 2018). "Russian Trolls Tweeted Disinformation Long Before U.S. Election".Wall Street Journal.Archived from the original on 2018-02-20.; Summary: Russian disinformation trolls used Wikipedia in conjunction with Twitter and Tumblr to promote fake news in 2015.
The Signpost has identified an extensive scam perpetrated by a company that calls itself "Elite Wiki Writers" or "Wiki Moderator", among many other names.Some of the other names they are suspected of using include wikicuratorz.com, wikiscribes.com, wikimastery.com, and wikimediafoundetion.com.
Trump made a series of misleading claims on topics ranging from Jan. 6 to terrorism to taxes at the first 2024 presidential debate, while Biden flubbed some facts.
The day after the Capitol riot, Zuckerberg banned Trump from Facebook, writing that “the risks of allowing the President to continue to use our service during this period are simply too great.”
A discussion of the US government's ability to legally respond to disinformation argues that responses should be based on principles of transparency and generality. Responses should avoid ad hominem attacks, racial appeals, or selectivity in the person responded to. Criticism should focus first on providing correct information and secondarily ...
Universities, nonprofits and private companies raked in $126 million in 2021 alone, the taxpayer-transparency group OpenTheBooks revealed in an audit, to research so-called "misinformation," even ...