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The two GOP members of North Carolina State Board of Elections abruptly resign
The two Republican members of the North Carolina State Board of Elections abruptly resigned Wednesday, saying in separate letters that they felt misled by the state attorney general's office and board staff when they agreed to a settlement that would allow voters to fix absentee ballots with missing information.
[ cnn.com ]Facebook has more users in India than anywhere else. It's now dealing with a hate speech crisis
Facebook is facing multiple simultaneous controversies in the United States, particularly around disinformation, hate speech and political bias. But those issues are also playing out — sometimes in more sinister ways — around the world, including a country where Facebook has more users than anywhere else.
[ cnn.com ]NYPD officer accused of acting as an illegal agent of the Chinese government
A New York police officer who rose through the ranks of the department is accused of using his position in the department's community affairs unit to give Chinese officials access to NYPD officials and offered insider information about its operations, according to a criminal complaint.
[ cnn.com ]Right-wing media uses misleading local story to suggest coronavirus cover-up
A version of this story is also appearing in the Reliable Sources newsletter. Click here to sign up for free. If you don't get your news from right-wing media, it is likely that you haven't heard about this story. But for those who do rely on outlets such as Fox News or Breitbart for information, a scandal of towering proportions has been brewing in Nashville, Tennessee.
[ cnn.com ]Joe Rogan spread dangerous misinformation about fires. Now he says he's sorry
Joe Rogan, reportedly the highest paid podcast host in the world, has apologized for spreading misinformation to his millions of listeners about the West Coast fires during a recent episode.
[ cnn.com ]Brianna Keilar calls out Fox News guest's Covid-19 misinformation
CNN's Brianna Keilar says "misinformation is a virus unto itself and Fox News is the vector." She breaks down the misleading and false claims on the coronavius pandemic broadcast by the network.
[ cnn.com ]Kim Kardashian West joins Hollywood stars protesting Facebook
Kim Kardashian West, who has one of the biggest Instagram followings in the world, said Tuesday that she would be joining other high-profile users in a protest against Instagram's parent company Facebook and its handlng of misinformation and hate.
[ cnn.com ]Fact-checking Trump's false claims on unsolicited ballots
President Donald Trump has been waging a disinformation campaign against mail-in voting for months, but recently, he's seized on a particular statistic to support the narrative that this election is prime for widespread fraud.
[ cnn.com ]Bipartisan officials from several states rebuke USPS' inaccurate election mailers
Bipartisan election officials are warning residents that a postcard sent to all households by the US Postal Service contains inaccurate information about mail-in voting.
[ cnn.com ]Personal information of roughly 46,000 veterans exposed in VA hack
The Department of Veterans Affairs said Monday that roughly 46,000 veterans had their personal information, including Social Security numbers, exposed in a data breach in which "unauthorized users" gained access to an online application used for making health care payments.
[ cnn.com ]QAnon fans spread fake claims about real fires in Oregon
Authorities in Oregon are pleading with the public to only trust and share information verified by official sources about the unprecedented wildfires sweeping the state. CNN's Donie O'Sullivan reports the pleas come as law enforcement agencies described 911 dispatchers being overrun with calls about a false online rumor promoted by the anonymous account behind the QAnon conspiracy theories.
[ cnn.com ]USPS offers $50,000 reward after 24-year-old letter carrier shot multiple times at work
After a postal worker in Chicago was shot and critically injured, the US Postal Inspection Service offered a $50,000 reward for information.
[ cnn.com ]House Dems seek information on $250 million contract on coronavirus PR campaign
In new letters, House Democrats are demanding new documents about the Department of Health and Human Services' $250 million contract with a marketing firm handling a campaign on coronavirus that Democrats say they want to ensure does not go to propping up the President's reelection campaign.
[ cnn.com ]QAnon fans spread fake claims about real wildfires in Oregon
Authorities in Oregon are pleading with the public to only trust and share information verified by official sources about the unprecedented wildfires sweeping the state. The pleas come as law enforcement agencies described 911 dispatchers being overrun with calls about a false online rumor that "Antifa" members had been arrested for setting the fires — a claim promoted by the anonymous account behind the QAnon conspiracy theories.
[ cnn.com ]Former DHS official on Trump revealing secret intel: This is damning
Former Department of Homeland Security Chief of Staff MilesTaylor reacts to President trump revealing top secret information about a new nuclear weapon system to journalist Bob Woodward during an interview.
[ cnn.com ]A new front in coronavirus disinformation: Wall Street research
Coronavirus misinformation is infecting the unlikeliest of places: Wall Street research that investors rely on to trade in the financial markets.
[ cnn.com ]Political group tied to Kanye West campaign law firm sent misinformation on Biden
An Ohio-based political advocacy group that shares a Republican-allied law firm with Kanye West's political campaign is sending unsolicited mail-in ballot applications containing misinformation on Democratic candidates to voters in Pennsylvania and Minnesota -- both key battleground states for the 2020 election.
[ cnn.com ]ABC News: DHS withheld intelligence bulletin warning about Russian misinformation attack
The Department of Homeland Security in July withheld an intelligence bulletin warning of a Russian plot to spread misinformation regarding Joe Biden's mental health, according to a report from ABC News on Wednesday.
[ cnn.com ]Republicans are flooding the internet with deceptive videos. Big Tech isn't keeping up
A series of deceptively edited and misleading videos shared by prominent Republicans have run up millions of views across Facebook and Twitter in just the past few days. And while both companies have pledged to combat misinformation, their responses to these videos followed a familiar pattern: often they act too late, do too little, or don't anything at all.
[ cnn.com ]Dale: 'It's almost too stupid to fact-check'
CNN's Daniel Dale fact-checks the disinformation about Vice President Joe Biden spread by President Trump and members of the GOP in interviews and on social media.
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