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Musk floods X with spending bill misinformation

Billionaire tech mogul Elon Musk on Wednesday poured out misinformation about Congress' year-end funding deal while urging Republicans to force a vote on the stopgap bill. Musk, a close ally of President-elect Trump, took to his social platform X just hours after the continuing resolution was announced Tuesday night, saying the deal “should not be […]

Sen. Booker says lack of transparency on drones causing ‘misinformation to spread’

Sen. Cory Booker (D.N.J.) said he is “frustrated” by the government's lack of transparency surrounding recent drone sightings in the state and surrounding areas in the Mid-Atlantic region. The senator said Thursday on Capitol Hill that he issued a letter requesting more information because Americans should be aware of what is happening in the skies […]

Biden administration spent $267 million on ‘misinformation’ projects to battle vaccine skepticism

More than a dozen federal agencies under the Biden administration have been allocated funding for research and projects on misinformation, according to spending records. According to federal statistics obtained by open bookthe Biden administration has spread hundreds of millions of dollars across federal agencies to combat “misinformation.” Total amount: $273,860,723 Spent since 2017Only $6.7 million […]

Australia Abandons Plans to Fine Tech Firms for ‘Misinformation’

(AFP) – Australia has scrapped plans to fine social media companies if they fail to stop the spread of misinformation, the country's communications minister announced on Sunday. The proposed legislation provides sweeping powers for finetech companies to be fined up to 5% of their annual turnover if they breach new online safety obligations. Communications Minister […]

Schumer, Dems pre-election report urges voters to be wary of ‘misinformation’ about results

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and other Senate Democrats say in a new report that “vote counting may take longer” in some areas and that the upcoming He warned Americans that they “must be prepared to reject misinformation” about the election. Schumer and Senate Rules Committee Chairman Amy Klobuchar (D-Minnesota), Sen. Bernie Sanders (D-Vermont), […]

Oregon closes election phone line due to out-of-state misinformation

The Oregon Secretary of State's Elections Division said it had temporarily shut down its election phone lines after “the system was overwhelmed” by incorrect information coming from outside the state. office said A Thursday press release blamed the spike in calls on a conspiracy theory circulating online and claimed that state election officials withheld former […]

Tackling misinformation at school

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