I spoke to the mother whose child's image was exploited by 4chan users to doctor this photo.
"All these hateful people sharing the image out there do not realize that with every share, there is a real teenager that they are hurting severely," she said.
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A Ron DeSantis campaign video purports to show three photos of Donald Trump embracing Anthony Fauci, a key member of the US coronavirus task force. But the images have the markings of fakes created using artificial intelligence technology, experts told AFP
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Public health authorities and independent experts told me the antiviral does have serious side effects -- some of them life-threatening.
But AZT was key to making HIV a manageable disease and not a death sentence
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Remember "Plandemic?" I'm sorry to report there is a new installment in the conspiratorial series.
This time, the nearly two-hour film has inspired false claims that AZT is to blame for most AIDS deaths
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New from Canada: How unprecedented wildfires have sparked "ecoterrorist" conspiracy theories
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🚨 JOB ALERT 🚨
We're hiring a reporter in Bangladesh to cover mis/disinformation
✔️ Strong digital investigation skills
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Liza Minnelli has outlived Chris Licht's employment at CNN
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NEWS: Instagram has lifted its ban against Robert J. Kennedy Jr., a prominent anti-vaccine activist, after he announced he is running for president as a Democrat
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A reminder for tomorrow: Clicking on links and reading stories on Monday is crossing a picket line !!
Stand in solidarity with two dozen striking newsrooms by getting news somewhere else 📰 📝✊🪧
#GannettWalkout #GannettStrike
p.s. same goes for
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YouTube reverses misinformation policy to allow U.S. election denialism
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Starting to genuinely wonder if I was born on the same planet as everybody else.
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We're hiring a reporter in Bangladesh to cover mis/disinformation
🕵🏻 Strong digital investigation skills
💬 Fluent English and Bengali
🖋️ Precise writing skills
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See another fraud claim that merits fact-checking? Send it my way → daniel.funke@afp.com
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It's also worth noting (again) that none of Arizona's numerous audits -- including in Maricopa County -- found evidence of wrongdoing affecting the election outcome azsos.gov/summary-hand-c
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An Arizona judge dismissed Lake's motion to revive allegations about printer malfeasance. He also said her now-failed lawsuit fell "far below what is needed to establish a basis for fraud"
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Printers in Maricopa County did break down in some precincts on Election Day, as Lake has claimed.
But the weight and size of ballots -- not fraud -- was to blame, according to an independent investigation
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Lake and her allies say this video shows Maricopa County officials "illegally" tampering with voting machines.
It doesn't -- it shows workers installing new memory cards in tabulators, which happens every election u.afp.com/iaFb
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Katie Hobbs has been governor of Arizona for months, but Kari Lake still falsely claims fraud affected the 2022 election outcome. Let's dive into the most recent narrative 🧵
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Team Ninja Trollhunters - a secretive community of scientists, activists - secured the suspension of hundreds of #climatechange deniers on Twitter
Now many are back, pushing fresh #disinformation, thanks to Elon Musk
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NEW from me: The true crime fandom has just gotten a lot grosser. TikTok creators are using AI to post videos of real-life child murder victims telling the stories of their gruesome deaths:
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"The 2024 presidential race is expected to be the first American election that will see the widespread use of advanced tools powered by artificial intelligence"
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Help Ferdi Ozsoy from to pay the bills for surgery of his wife after a terrible incident. Emine Yilmaz Ozsoy needs it. gofundme.com/f/help-emines- and drive.google.com/file/d/1Lqu5r7 RT please .
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Emine Yilmaz Ozsoy, an artist and illustrator, is in critical condition after being shoved against a speeding subway train on Sunday.
Her story embodies New Yorkers' persistent fear of such violence underground. nyti.ms/426VWRF
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"The videos’ popularity shows how misinformation buried in a three-hour-long podcast episode can easily be plucked out and dispersed widely on TikTok"
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Jack Dorsey has been sharing videos of anti-vaxx presidential candidate RFK Jr. on an alt platform.
Yesterday, he shared a podcast where RFK Jr. talked about his belief that the CIA killed his father and JFK. RFK Jr also talked vaxx conspiracy theories.
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👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻to my + colleagues on the launch of this video series!
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Aprende del equipo de la AFP. Sus periodistas comparten su experiencia en esta nueva serie de videos.
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This is false -- the grants were given to a nonprofit that Bertagnolli previously led, which distributed the funding to cancer researchers u.afp.com/iEDr
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Yesterday, President Biden announced Dr. Monica Bertagnolli as his intended nominee for Director of the NIH. Guess what? From 2015-2021, Bertagnolli received more than 116 grants from Pfizer, totaling $290.8 million. This amount made up 89% of all her. research grants.… Show more
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A judge dismissed the last legal claim in Republican Kari Lake’s challenge of her 2022 Arizona governor's race loss. She failed to prove her claim that Maricopa County did not verify signatures on mail ballots, the judge said.
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A fake, likely AI-generated image of an explosion at the Pentagon went viral today, shaking the stock market and forcing the Pentagon and the local fire department to speak out in the latest example of the new technology being used to sow disinformation. factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com.33
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Our Spanish-language team is also fact-checking anti-LGBTQ disinformation. Get in touch with them on WhatsApp 📲
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See something else that merits a fact check? Drop me a line -- my DMs are open 📨
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Here is more of our reporting on anti-LGBTQ disinformation:
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A Washington law has been targeted by false claims that it allows for "state-sanctioned kidnapping."
It doesn't -- the legislation lets shelters contact the state in cases where children are seeking gender-affirming or reproductive care
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A conservative advocacy group falsely claims three health care providers in North Carolina are "transitioning toddlers."
In fact, the clinics offer mental health services for children experiencing gender dysphoria
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My team has seen a notable spike in anti-LGBTQ disinformation over the past several weeks. Here are two examples from today alone 🧵
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🚨 JOB ALERT 🚨
🇦🇺 We're looking for a digital verification journalist to join our Sydney bureau
You'll cover mis/disinformation in Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands as part of our global fact-checking network
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