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Mar 8, 2024 | 
newsguardrealitycheck.com | McKenzie Sadeghi |Sam Howard |Chiara Vercellone |John Gregory
Welcome to NewsGuard's Reality Check, a report on how misinformation online is undermining trust — and who’s behind it. Today:Man of the people: Trump backers use AI to fake Black supportA minor internet glitch sparks a baseless voting fraud claim Misinformation musical: Sing along to “Plandemic”And more…Today’s newsletter was edited by Jack Brewster, Eric Effron, and McKenzie Sadeghi.
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Feb 9, 2024 | 
newsguardtech.substack.com | Jack Brewster |Sam Howard |Coalter Palmer |Becca Schimmel
Welcome to NewsGuard's Reality Check, a weekly report on how misinformation online is undermining trust — and who’s behind it. This week:Kremlin Corrects Tucker CarlsonStarbucks Stir-Up: The Tale of the Watermelon MugCommentary: Why Trump Trials Make Cameras in the Court More Important than EverAI Fakery in Focus: Biden's Military Camo ControversyAnd more…Today’s newsletter was edited by Jack Brewster and Eric Effron.
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Dec 28, 2023 | 
lasentinella.gelocal.it | Sara Badilini |Jack Brewster |Eric Effron |Zack Fishman |Sam Howard |Natalie Huet | +5 more
L'ascesa dell'intelligenza artificiale nel 2023 ha trasformato l’ecosistema della misinformazione e della disinformazione, fornendo nuovi strumenti ai malintenzionati per creare articoli, immagini, audio, video e persino interi siti, all’apparenza simili a quelli tradizionali, per promuovere narrazioni false o polarizzanti destinate a seminare confusione e sfiducia tra i lettori.
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Dec 28, 2023 | 
repubblica.it | Sara Badilini |Jack Brewster |Eric Effron |Zack Fishman |Sam Howard |Natalie Huet | +5 more
Il monitoraggio di NewsGuard ha permesso di rilevare come gli strumenti basati sull’intelligenza artificiale vengano utilizzati per diffondere diverse tipologie di misinformazione, dalla propaganda russa, cinese e iraniana a bufale sulla salute, fino a narrazioni false sui conflitti in Ucraina e a Gaza, rendendo ancora più fitta la cosiddetta nebbia di guerra.
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Nov 1, 2023 | 
newsweek.com | Jack Brewster |Sam Howard |Becca Schimmel
00:31Kirby: 'We Do Not Support A Ceasefire' In Gaza People search through buildings that were destroyed during Israeli air raids in the southern Gaza Strip on October 26, 2023 in Khan Yunis, Gaza. Two weeks after a deadly Hamas attack in southern Israel that sparked a retaliatory siege of Gaza, in which thousands have died and hundreds of thousands have been displaced, aid trucks have started entering the Palestinian territory via Egypt carrying food, water and medicines.
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Oct 19, 2023 | 
newsguardtech.com | Jack Brewster |Sam Howard |Becca Schimmel
Misinformation Monitor: October 2023 Editor’s Note: As of February 2024, the Misinformation Monitor is now Reality Check, a weekly newsletter on misinformation and media online. Learn more and subscribe here on Substack. By Jack Brewster, Sam Howard, and Becca Schimmel | Published on Oct. 19, 2023Nearly three-fourths of the most viral posts on X advancing misinformation about the Israel-Hamas War are being pushed by “verified” X accounts, a NewsGuard analysis has found.
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Oct 14, 2023 | 
taiwannews.com.tw | Sam Howard
Robin Johansson delivered three punches in quick succession causing the driver to lose three teeth, say reports TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Robin Johansson, the son-in-law of former Presidential Office Secretary-General Su Jia-chyuan (蘇嘉全) reportedly violently assaulted a taxi driver while drunk in June of this year, breaking three of the driver's teeth.
It is alleged Johansson refused to pay a fare of NT$485 (US$15) when returning home early one morning in June.
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Sep 19, 2023 | 
taiwannews.com.tw | Sam Howard
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — A case of mistaken identity at the Hsinchu City Funeral Home nearly led wrong body undergoing an autopsy.
The incident involved a 30-year-old Vietnamese male named Nguyen (阮), who was scheduled for autopsy at 2:00 PM on the 18th. However, due to an error on the part of the funeral home, the body of a 39-year-old Indonesian man named Aman was mistakenly sent to the autopsy room, reports UDN.
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Sep 5, 2023 | 
taiwannews.com.tw | Sam Howard
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — The corruption investigation into former Taiwan Railways Director, Zhou Zu-de (周祖德), and project manager Lin Zhao-zheng (林昭正) has concluded with both men walking free.
Zhou and Lin of the Taipei Engineering Division at Taiwan Railways were accused of inflating project costs and providing undue benefits to vendors during their management of an MRT Project. The decision to acquit was taken by the Northern Taiwan Prosecutors' Office due to a lack of substantial evidence.
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Sep 5, 2023 | 
taiwannews.com.tw | Sam Howard
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — A woman surnamed Li (李), along with three other counterfeit currency dealers, has been apprehended for their alleged involvement in a cryptocurrency scam.
CNA reported on the scheme, which authorities say involved collusion with a fraud outfit, and tricked victims into purchasing Tether (USDT) cryptocurrency before transferring it into cryptocurrency wallets controlled by fraudsters. Prosecutors have secured court approval for their detention.
