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Fear, Loathing and Fentanyl Exposure
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/04/opinion/fentanyl-opioids-exposure.html?searchResultPosition=8 This article from the New York Times discusses how despite fentanyl being one of the most powerful opioids created, the idea that one can just touch or breathe in the drug and have fatal affects is disinformation. The disinformation has spread to the point where even federal agencies seem divided over whether or not…
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Ukraine war: How TikTok fakes pushed Russian lies to millions
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-67687449 There is a vast Russia based network of fake TikTok accounts that are posing as real users from countries such as Germany, France, Poland, and Ukraine. These accounts are using stolen profile photos and posting just one video each targeting many Ukrainian officials and portraying them as uncaring about ordinary citizens and the war…
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Misinformation, disinformation, and gun violence
disinformation, and gun violence Author https://suny-one.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?docid=cdi_proquest_journals_2897069800&context=PC&vid=01SUNY_ONE:01SUNY_ONE&lang=en&search_scope=MyInst_and_CI&adaptor=Primo%20Central&tab=Everything&query=any,contains,Disinformation%20Gun%20violence&offset=0 this illustrates a report of disinformation because in the article the Canadian government is attempting to stamp it out. It explains how the Canadian government is attempting to censor a facebook page for "armed farmers" (being the persecuted victims) who spread disinformation about local politics in order to scare…
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Teachers spreading misinformation about the Russia/Ukraine war
https://www.hrw.org/news/2022/03/04/russia-instructs-teachers-spread-disinformation-about-ukraine?gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAjw_LOwBhBFEiwAmSEQAXrxiD_Ul7zq4RCp-PapZrkG-yuDroENfG0FVJdkpBQgEczHiGsO1BoC0EEQAvD_BwE Russia teachers are being told to tell their students that there is not a war happening right now. This is misinformation because they should just be honest with the students. It would be safer for them to know what is happening in their country rather than be clueless.
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The Islamic State Claimed the Moscow Attack. The Kremlin Is Still Blaming Others.
(Hsu, T.) and (Lee Meyers, S.)(2024). The Islamic State Claimed the Moscow Attack. The Kremlin Is Still Blaming Others. New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/26/business/media/moscow-attack-narratives.html This article talks about the Russian propaganda and dis/misinformation spreading through Russian news and social media involving the attack on Corcus City Hall in Krasnogorsk, Russia where a concert was taking place.…
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