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Disinformation

Vladimir Putin.

How Russia, China, and other governments use coronavirus disinformation to reshape geopolitics

By Isra Thange, Nicola Bariletto, Luca Zanotti, Jacob Rob, Samikshya Siwakoti, Jacob N. Shapiro | Analysis, Disruptive Technologies

A billboard in South Africa.

Corona-free? How disinformation could be clouding the true pandemic picture in Africa

By Julia Ilhardt, Giorgio Musto, Samikshya Siwakoti, Jacob N. Shapiro | Analysis, Disruptive Technologies

A Facebook post.

Coronavirus disinformation adds conspiratorial fuel to a volatile Middle East

By Samikshya Siwakoti, Jacob N. Shapiro, Isra Thange, Alaa Ghoneim | Analysis, Disruptive Technologies

Profiting from panic: the bizarre bogus cures and scams of the coronavirus era

By Alaa Ghoneim, Saiful Salihudin, Isra Thange, Anne Wen, Jan Oledan, Jacob N. Shapiro | Analysis, Disruptive Technologies

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A pandemic of bad science

By Walter Scheirer | Biosecurity, Science Denial

Boris Johnson posts a thank you message.

A jet ski vacation during the coronavirus lockdown? Online liars want to make you mad at politicians

By Giorgio Musto, Kamya Yadav, Audrey Yan, Jan Oledan, Jacob N. Shapiro | Analysis, Disruptive Technologies

Donald Trump meets with Mark Zuckerberg.

The pandemic, protests, and election are putting social media content policies under a microscope

By Justin Sherman | Technology and Security

A pandemic of bad science

By Walter Scheirer | Biosecurity, Science Denial

Fact-checking organizations are checking coronavirus-related misinformation.

Fact-checking networks fight coronavirus infodemic

By Jan Oledan, Julia Ilhardt, Giorgio Musto, Jacob N. Shapiro | Analysis, Disruptive Technologies

Disinformation posted on social media in various languages.

Students on lockdown create a global guide to coronavirus conspiracy theories, fake cures, and other whopping lies

By Matt Field | Disruptive Technologies

Vladimir Putin at the Almazov National Medical Research Centre in St. Petersburg, 2017.

Coronavirus in Russia: How Putin’s disinformation efforts could backfire at home

By Judy Twigg | Biosecurity

Examples of composite images designed to be used in disinformation campaigns. Left and Center: This anti-Widodo hashtag was added to the building through the use of a digital image-editing tool. The modification was detected by an algorithm that searches images for inconsistencies in the statistics of their pixels. Right: The CNN International logo has been added to a false news story about Widodo.

An AI early warning system to monitor online disinformation, stop violence, and protect elections

By Michael Yankoski, Tim Weninger, Walter Scheirer | Artificial Intelligence, Disruptive Technologies, Multimedia