Have you heard the latest episode News Take? In the season 2 premiere, N/MA's Rebecca Frank and NewsGuard 's Gordon Gordon Crovitz discuss how NewsGuard is working to mitigate threats from online #misinformation sites. Tune in! youtube.com/watch?v=H05WsI…

Subsidizing Putin's propaganda: 79 Western companies found by NewsGuard advertising on Russian disinformation sites. Brands, Google and other ad tech companies need to do more to keep programmatic ads off these and other brand-unsafe sites. newsguardtech.com/special-report…

The number of sites identified by NewsGuard as spreading Russian disinformation and profiting from programmatic advertising has nearly tripled in the one year since Russia invaded Ukraine newsguardtech.com/special-report…

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Russian propaganda documentaries are proliferating on YouTube despite the platform’s ban on Russian state-funded media, a report by Eva Maitland, Madeline Roache, and @persine reveals newsguardtech.com/misinformation…

🔸March 1 at 12PM Eastern🔸 Join experts and journalists from NewsGuard to learn how misinformation spreads online and what you can do to protect yourself and your loved ones from online threats. Attendees will all receive free access to NewsGuard's browser extension!

2022 was a busy year for misinformation purveyors, with their work reaching many aspects of life, ranging from health claims on TikTok, to partisan-funded websites posing as independent local news sites during the U.S. midterms, and Russian propaganda about the war in Ukraine. 🧵

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New: Content farms are using AI to rewrite thousands of articles from mainstream news outlets w/o credit, NewsGuard has found We identified 37 sites using AI to rewrite articles that first appeared in outlets including CNN, The New York Times, and Reuters newsguardtech.com/misinformation…

Bloomberg covers NewsGuard's latest report detailing how low-quality sites are using AI to rewrite content from mainstream sources such as CNN, The New York Times, and Reuters h/t Coalter Palmer, Macrina Wang and Rachel Metz

New: Disinformation-spreading, state-owned news outlets saw a surge in engagement on X in the 3 months after Musk removed labels telling users which accounts are "government-affliated," NewsGuard has found H/T McKenzie Sadeghi & Macrina Wang newsguardtech.com/misinformation…

New: NewsGuard has identified a network of 17 TikTok accounts using AI text-to-speech software to generate videos advancing false and unsubstantiated claims. Videos posted by these accounts have garnered hundreds of millions of views h/t Coalter Palmer newsguardtech.com/special-report…

New: Nearly three-fourths of the most viral posts on X advancing misinformation about the Israel-Hamas War are being pushed by “verified” X accounts, a NewsGuard analysis has found. newsguardtech.com/misinformation…

New: Social media platforms are rife with violent, graphic propaganda videos celebrating Hamas, despite efforts from Big Tech companies to crack down on such content Read NewsGuard's latest Special Report: newsguardtech.com/special-report…

On X, programmatic advertisements for 86 major brands are being displayed in the feeds directly below viral posts advancing false or egregiously misleading claims about the Israel-Hamas war, a NewsGuard analysis has found newsguardtech.com/misinformation…

Today, Politico Playbook announced the cover of my forthcoming book, The Death of Truth. Read more: politico.com/newsletters/pl…

According to The Common Good Survey, 72% of Americans believe political division is a threat to U.S. democracy. Join us and our incredible panel of speakers on June 4th to tackle the causes and cures of this polarization. thecommongoodus.org/upcoming-event…

Listen to "The Death of Truth with Steven Brill" by Alyssa Milano: Sorry Not Sorry podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/alyss…

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“I’m not sure I’m the most credible source because I don’t actually know the person who lost the cat.” An exclusive NewsGuard report reveals that the explosive claim that Haitian migrants in Springfield, Ohio, are stealing and eating pets was ultimately based on triple hearsay