The Federal Bureau of Investigation's Foreign Influence Task Force never issued a formal public determination that the Hunter Biden laptop constituted Russian disinformation

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The Russian influence network Storm-1516 targeted Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Walz with disinformation during the 2024 campaign

The federal counter-foreign-influence infrastructure previously included the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, the Foreign Malign Influence Center, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Foreign Influence Task Force

Political activists in Texas distributed fabricated claims of a mental health crisis and AI-generated campaign advertisements targeting candidate James Talarico

Russian online influence campaigns during the 2016 United States presidential election focused heavily on suppressing voter turnout among left-leaning voters

Russian entities purchased political advertisements on Facebook denominated in Russian rubles during the 2016 United States presidential election

The Russian government influence operation known as Project Lakta began targeting American political discourse on Facebook and Instagram in 2015

Renee DiResta operated an artificial intelligence community notes bot project on X during the 2026 election cycle

Lauren Voss co-chaired an election interference working group comprising experts in election law, national security, military voter protection, and disinformation

Conservative activist Nick Sorter posted an audio clip purporting that James Talarico had been discharged from a mental health facility in Ohio

When Frances Haugen joined Facebook's civic misinformation team, three of the team's software engineers were front-end engineers

The September 28th, 2024 Lawfare episode discussed how the government and social media companies addressed election-related disinformation

A panel at a counter-disinformation event in Vilnius was scheduled to discuss the US as a growing foreign interference threat

The Russian government paid conservative American podcast hosts to disseminate Russian talking points

Experts believe the United States has weakened its ability to counter foreign disinformation or influence campaigns

Russian propaganda efforts made it difficult for internet users to distinguish genuine domestic opinions from foreign intelligence operations

Some opposition to data centers has reportedly involved the spread of misinformation, such as false claims about water contamination

Leah came to believe the COVID-19 vaccine caused her elderly grandmother's death.

During the pandemic, a mother named Leah was influenced by online discussions and a social media story about a "vaccine injury."

The "lie" promoted by the Maha movement is the disproven claim that standard childhood vaccines are linked to autism.

Milo Yiannopoulos co-authored a Breitbart article defending neo-Nazis and their use of Pepe the Frog imagery.