The project was spurred by increasing public interest in UAPs and a motivation to prevent disinformation and conspiracy theories.

“Hodenberg cited threat of ‘disinformation’ from ‘right-wing extremists’ online in upcoming U.S. and EU elections when circulating a petition for the DSA to become more strongly enforced to allow data access for ‘researchers,’” Rogers wrote.

The Labor government has brought back the Misinformation and Disinformation Bill to Parliament after it was delayed in late 2023.

This video, part of a broader disinformation campaign, was later found on multiple Western YouTube channels.

Democrat Warns of AI Threat "The framework is worse than silent on AI-powered mis- and disinformation, a real and growing threat to our elections, our markets, and our country," Warner said.

These campaigns have included bomb threats, arson warnings, disinformation, legal harassment, and targeted media attacks.

Hogue also warned that the spread of misinformation and disinformation by foreign actors poses the "single biggest risk" to Canada’s democracy.

Government officials told Canada's Foreign Interference Commission that China’s disinformation efforts are targeting young people as part of a long-term strategy to shape future Western leaders.

"The definitions of misinformation and disinformation are vague and I’m not convinced this bill can actually be enforced."

Rowland left the door open to taking further action to deal with misinformation and disinformation, which she described as an "evolving threat."

Part of this requires social media platforms to remove, and take other specified steps to deal with, what is deemed disinformation.

(Vadim Ghirda/AP) Russia has been accused of orchestrating a large-scale vote-buying scheme, spreading disinformation online, and conducting more than 1,000 cyberattacks this year alone on government infrastructure.

On Aug. 14, the Interfax-Ukraine news agency reported that Kyiv’s Center for Countering Disinformation had denied Moscow’s claims regarding the alleged destruction of four Sapsan missile production sites.

They identified China as the top source of foreign interference and disinformation campaigns aimed at Canada.

One example of economic harm given is "disinformation from a foreign actor targeting local producers in favour of imported goods."

These limits undermine research into systemic risks in the European Union, such as disinformation and election interference.

Another role he would give to CBC/Radio-Canada is to “combat disinformation, so that Canadians have a news source they know they can trust.”

volume and rapid evolution of disinformation."

Former FBI employees testified to Congress in 2023 that the laptop was not disinformation.

government and expand their disinformation campaign.”

The Trump administration is now alleging that the 2016 case was itself disinformation, and that evidence was misrepresented to clear the way to investigate then-presidential candidate Donald Trump.

He added that the EPP Group will support a "Democracy Shield, which will include pilot projects, to tackle disinformation in all Member States."

Roberts wrote that “violence, intimidation, disinformation, and threats to defy lawfully entered judgments,” pose risks to “the independence of judges on which the rule of law depends.”

The bill defines misinformation and disinformation as "content that contains information that is reasonably verifiable as false, misleading or deceptive."

"That is [a] recipe for spreading distrust and dare I say misinformation or disinformation about vaccines," Oh said, according to Reuters.

Cox also warned of foreign interference from countries such as China and Russia, who he said are spreading disinformation online to stoke division—and even violence—in the United States.

Luminate, a donor to the Global Disinformation Index (GDI), focuses on combating alleged disinformation on online news sites.

The Foreign Interference Commission heard about the impact of disinformation on diaspora communities in Canada targeted by Beijing as it probes the federal government's ability to counter foreign meddling.

A New Jersey bill that would impose penalties on health care professionals for providing patients with “misinformation or disinformation” advanced in a vote this week in the Assembly Health Committee.

This naive view of “us the world’s heroic business and political elite” and “them the nasty disinformation producers” directs attention away from the rather inconvenient fact that disinformation and misinformation show up on all sides of the political