Disinformation

Press Release: The Essential Role of Whistleblowers in Countering COVID-19 Disinformation

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:April 27, 2022The Essential Role of Whistleblowers in Countering COVID-19 DisinformationGovernment Accountability Project and Manchester Metropolitan University publish landmark report.WASHINGTON – A new report co-published by Government Accountability Project and Manchester Metropolitan University entitled The Critical Role that Whistleblowers Play in Countering COVID-19 Disinformation, tracks COVID-19 related whistleblower cases around the world and analyzes the significant role [...]

Axios: Exclusive: Nonprofit coalition demands Biden act on misinformation

Exclusive: Nonprofit coalition demands Biden act on misinformation This article features Government Accountability Project and was originally published here. A large collection of nonprofits is sending an open letter today calling on the incoming Biden-Harris administration to do a better job of both educating the public on misinformation and taking stronger action to protect the health [...]

CBS News: Trump’s grievances feed menacing undertow after the election

Trump's grievances feed menacing undertow after the election This article features our Executive Director and CEO Louis Clark and was originally published here. The last throes of Donald Trump's presidency have turned ugly — even dangerous. Death threats are on the rise. Local and state election officials are being hounded into hiding. A Trump campaign lawyer is [...]

Vice: A Trump Lawyer Just Called For the Execution of Trump’s Former Election Security Chief

A Trump Lawyer Just Called For the Execution of Trump's Former Election Security Chief This article features our Executive Director and CEO Louis Clark and was originally published here. A lawyer for the Trump campaign has called for the execution of Chris Krebs, the former head of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, because Krebs [...]

National Review: ‘Falsehood Flies, and Truth Comes Limping After It’

‘Falsehood Flies, and Truth Comes Limping After It’ This article features our client Jamie Fly and was originally published here. The Russian government has various means of attack: assassination, invasion, annexation. But don’t forget dezinformatsiya, i.e., disinformation, which the Kremlin has practiced for almost a hundred years. A special disinformation office was set up in 1923. “Misinformation” [...]