Tag: Misinformation
Albania: Ex-prosecutor gets 2-year jail term for corruption
TIRANA, Albania — An Albanian court that handles top officials' corruption cases sentenced the country’s former chief prosecutor Thursday to two years in jail...
Czechs rally against justice minister over explosion probe
PRAGUE — Thousands of people rallied against the Czech Republic's justice minister Thursday, accusing her of undermining the independence of the country's legal system...
Fox News seeks to dismiss Dominion suit over election claims
WASHINGTON — Fox News has filed a motion to dismiss a $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit brought by Dominion Voting Systems over claims about the...
AP Interview: Disinformation concerns mail voting expert
ATLANTA — Amber McReynolds, CEO of The National Vote at Home Institute, helped state and local election officials prepare for the record number of...
Seller of vaccine disinformation has YouTube channel removed
A major online seller of disinformation about COVID-19 and its vaccines has had one of its channels removed from YouTube, days after an Associated...
Georgia’s Lt. Governor won’t run again after taking on Trump
ATLANTA — Georgia's lieutenant governor, one of the most prominent Republicans to openly contradict false claims about fraud in the November presidential election, confirmed...
Rep. Greene’s combative behavior could spark ethics review
WASHINGTON — A year before her election to Congress, Marjorie Taylor Greene searched for Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez at her Capitol office, taunting the New...
Conservatives seize on gas crunch to blame Biden, stir base
A graphic calling the East Coast fuel supply crunch “Biden’s Gas Crisis.” A tweet speculating that gas stations running dry was an “INSIDE JOB.”...
What insurrection? Growing number in GOP downplay Jan. 6
WASHINGTON — What insurrection?
Flouting all evidence and their own...
The unwitting are the target of COVID-19 falsehoods online
Dr. Michelle Rockwell lost a pregnancy in December and shared her heartache with her 30,000 Instagram followers. Weeks later, she received the COVID-19 vaccine...
