Reading view

There are new articles available, click to refresh the page.

Fake News Still Has a Home on Facebook

Christopher Blair, a renowned “liberal troll” who posts falsehoods to Facebook, is having a banner year despite crackdowns by Facebook and growing competition from A.I.

© Greta Rybus for The New York Times

Christopher Blair runs a satirical Facebook group from his home in Maine.

Israel Secretly Targets U.S. Lawmakers With Influence Campaign on Gaza War

Israel’s Ministry of Diaspora Affairs ordered the operation, which used fake social media accounts urging U.S. lawmakers to fund Israel’s military, according to officials and documents about the effort.

© Gabriela Bhaskar for The New York Times, Kenny Holston/The New York Times

The campaign focused on more than a dozen members of Congress, including Representative Ritchie Torres, left, and Hakeem Jeffries, the House minority leader.

Europe Banned Russia’s RT Network. Its Content Is Still Spreading.

A study found that hundreds of sites, many without obvious Kremlin links, copied Russian propaganda and spread it to unsuspecting audiences ahead of the E.U. election.

© Misha Friedman/Getty Images

RT, which the U.S. State Department describes as a key player in the Kremlin’s disinformation and propaganda apparatus, has been banned in the European Union, Canada and other countries since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022.

Once a Sheriff’s Deputy in Florida, Now a Source of Disinformation From Russia

In 2016, Russia used an army of trolls to interfere in the U.S. presidential election. This year, an American given asylum in Moscow may be accomplishing much the same thing all by himself.

© Alexander Zemlianichenko/Associated Press

John Mark Dougan, who has been granted asylum in Moscow, above, has become a key player in the Kremlin’s information operations against the West.

Campus Protests Give Russia, China and Iran Fuel to Exploit U.S. Divide

America’s adversaries have mounted online campaigns to amplify the social and political conflicts over Gaza flaring at universities, researchers say.

© Amir Hamja/The New York Times

A protester with a Palestinian flag on a Columbia University building on Monday. So far, there is little evidence that U.S. adversaries have provided material or organizational support to the protests.

Meta Faces EU Investigation Over Election Disinformation

The inquiry is intended to pressure the tech giant to more aggressively police Facebook and Instagram ahead of the European Union’s closely watched elections in June.

© Frederick Florin/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

Ursula von der Leyen, the president of the European Commission, which is investigating Meta over election disinformation.

Racist AI Deepfake of Baltimore Principal Leads to Arrest

A high school athletic director in the Baltimore area was arrested after he used A.I., the police said, to make a racist and antisemitic audio clip.

© Kim Hairston/The Baltimore Sun

Myriam Rogers, superintendent of Baltimore County Public Schools, speaking about the arrest of Dazhon Darien, the athletic director of Pikesville High.
❌