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Fake AI video of Nepal politicians sparks disinformation fears ahead of snap election

Cryptopolitan 24 Jan 2026
In front of the nation’s impending snap election on March 5, a fake movie featuring three prominent politicians from Nepal has revealed how AI is being used as a weapon ... Audio forgeries spread through social networks ... Questions remain unanswered.
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The next generation of disinformation (Universität Konstanz)

Public Technologies 23 Jan 2026
) ... fleets of AI-driven personas that can adapt in real time, infiltrate groups, and manufacture the appearance of public agreement at scale. A chorus of seemingly independent voices creates the illusion of consensus while spreading disinformation ... DOI.
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Democracy Digest: Orban Signs Up to Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’, Nawrocki prevaricates

Balkan Insight 23 Jan 2026
Elsewhere, Slovak PM also gets sit-down with US president; Czech president and new government differ over military aircraft sale to Ukraine; and Tisza recruits ‘Kapitany’ of industry as its chief economic expert ....
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French Response: Fighting disinformation with memes

France24 22 Jan 2026
what is it, and why was it launched? ... .
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AI-Powered Disinformation Swarms Are Coming for Democracy

Wired 22 Jan 2026
Advances in artificial intelligence are creating a perfect storm for those seeking to spread disinformation at unprecedented speed and scale. And it’s virtually impossible to detect ... .
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Make Disinformation Promotion a Federal Cyber Crime

The Petition Site 21 Jan 2026
Certain Fossil fuel companies are under investigation for funded disinformation campaigns. And yet climate crisis disinformation remains rampant throughout social media in an age of information warfare.
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Fact Check: Disinformation About Child Care (California Department of Social Services)

Public Technologies 21 Jan 2026
Disinformation About Child Care ... Over the past few weeks, right wing voices started spreading disinformation, making false assumptions about child care records and fraud in California.
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What Iran’s Internet Blackout and the Patagonia Fires Revealed About Global Disinformation

The Algemeiner 21 Jan 2026
Opinion. Cars burn in a street during a protest over the collapse of the currency’s value, in Tehran, Iran, Jan. 8, 2026. Photo. Stringer/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS ... It was revealing ... The language was familiar ... Two continents ... origin ... .
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Military Bases Prove New York Times to Be Lying About Greenland

Dissident Voice 21 Jan 2026
This was a headline in the New York Times on Tuesday. “With Threats to Greenland, Trump Sets America on the Road to Conquest ... Here’s a small sampling of the problems with believing that lie.. During World War II the U.S ... The island has been devastated ... .
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Türkiye, Syria discuss coordination against disinformation

Anadolu Agency 21 Jan 2026
He noted that closer coordination between Türkiye and Syria would be beneficial in countering “provocations, disinformation and perception operations,” it said.
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NoFap sues Pornhub under RICO Act, alleges collusion with academics on global disinformation campaign

PR Newswire 20 Jan 2026
... reports, posting thousands of defamatory statements online, conducting intrusive opposition research, relaying disinformation to journalists, staging hoaxes, and astroturfing Wikipedia pages.
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NoFap sues Pornhub under RICO Act, alleges collusion with academics on global disinformation campaign Français

Canada Newswire 20 Jan 2026
... reports, posting thousands of defamatory statements online, conducting intrusive opposition research, relaying disinformation to journalists, staging hoaxes, and astroturfing Wikipedia pages.
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Truth as first casualty: Deconstructing disinformation campaign on Iran riots death toll

Press TV 19 Jan 2026
The discourse surrounding riot-related casualties in the past few weeks has been fundamentally shaped by a coordinated disinformation campaign originating from US-funded organizations operating entirely outside Iran.
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