Isis Blachez

1 month ago | newsguardrealitycheck.com | McKenzie Sadeghi |Isis Blachez

By McKenzie Sadeghiand Isis BlachezA Moscow-based disinformation network named “Pravda” — the Russian word for "truth" — is pursuing an ambitious strategy by deliberately infiltrating the retrieved data of artificial intelligence chatbots, publishing false claims and propaganda for the purpose of affecting the responses of AI models on topics in the news rather than by targeting human readers, NewsGuard has confirmed.

1 month ago | newsguardtech.com | McKenzie Sadeghi |Isis Blachez

A full version of this report is available through NewsGuard’s Reality Check.

Jul 30, 2024 | newsguardrealitycheck.com | Isis Blachez |McKenzie Sadeghi |Eva Maitland |Kate Reynolds

Welcome to NewsGuard's Reality Check, a report on how misinformation online is undermining trust — and who’s behind it. Today:Is Paris Burning? Misinformation campaign portrays Paris as unsafe for Olympians and fansPro-Kremlin sources cite fake Hamas video to drum up fearWardrobe malfunction or optical illusion? Debunking a viral claim a dancer exposed his privatesAnd more…Today’s newsletter was edited byJack Brewster and Eric Effron.

May 12, 2024 | newsguardtech.com | Chine Labbé |Natalie Huet |McKenzie Sadeghi |Isis Blachez

By Isis Blachez and Chine Labbé | Last updated July 23, 2024From July 26 to Aug. 11, 2024, Paris will host the Olympic Games, for the third time in history. For several months, a barrage of false claims on the high-visibility, international sporting event has spread on social media and unreliable news sites.